Stephen Losey
Senior Reporter
Stephen Losey is the air warfare reporter for Defense News. He previously covered leadership and personnel issues at Air Force Times, and the Pentagon, special operations and air warfare at Military.com. He has traveled to the Middle East to cover U.S. Air Force operations.
All Stories By Stephen
Next-gen stealth tanker may be unaffordable, Air Force secretary fears
A bow wave of modernizations — including the Air Force's desire to build a sixth-gen fighter and drone wingmen — has stretched its budget thin.
Meet America's next astronaut: From F-15 combat to the International Space Station
During his more than two decades in the Air Force, Col. Jack Fischer has gone from the classrooms of the Air Force Academy to the skies above Iraq and Afghanistan in an F-15 and to the cockpit of an F-22 as a test pilot.
Growing readiness woes: Only 7 in 10 Air Force planes are ready to fly
On March 22, as North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un prepared to test-launch a missile and tensions rose on the volatile Korean peninsula, a lone B-1B Lancer bomber took off from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam and flew across the Pacific on a Continuous Bomber Presence sortie.
The Air Force is thinking about paying pilots up to $455,000 to stay in uniform
The Air Force is considering offering hundreds of thousands of dollars to pilots who agree to stay on for 13 more years, in what would be a major change to its Aviator Retention Pay program.
With 500 bombs a week, Mosul airstrikes mark 'the most kinetic' phase of ISIS air war so far
The last three weeks of airstrikes in Mosul have been “the most kinetic three weeks in the campaign in Iraq” against the Islamic State, the top Air Force general in Iraq said Thursday.
Are the F-15 Eagle's days numbered? Top generals say maybe
The Air Force is considering retiring its F-15 C and D fighter aircraft and replacing them with F-16s.
Air Force bomber trains with Japanese and Korean fighters as tensions rise with North Korea
An Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber conducted training missions with fighters from the Japanese and South Korean air forces on Tuesday, Pacific Air Forces said in a Wednesday release.
U.S. and coalition airstrikes against ISIS spike as Mosul, Raqqa offensives heat up
Aircraft from the Air Force, other branches of the U.S. military, and coalition nations released more than 7,000 weapons against the Islamic State in January and February -- the most of any two-month stretch since Operation Inherent Resolve began more than 2 1/2 years ago.
Coolant leak caused Predator crash in 2015
A pinhole leak in a coolant supply line caused an MQ-1B Predator to crash in 2015, while it was supporting the war against the Islamic State, according to an accident investigation board report released by Air Combat Command Friday.
Air Force details multiple 'unsafe and unprofessional' Russian aircraft intercepts
Russian aircraft conducted several "unsafe and unprofessional" encounters with both U.S. and NATO aircraft on Feb. 10, according to additional information provided by the Air Force.
