TARA COPP

Washington, D.C.

Tara Copp is an Associated Press Writer.

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The Air Force secretary, Frank Kendall, in the front cockpit of an X-62A VISTA aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, California, May 2, 2024. — AP/Damian Dovarganes

In Glimpse of War’s Future, Air Force Secretary Takes Off in Fighter Jet Powered by Artificial Intelligence

It was fitting that the flight took place at Edwards Air Force Base, a vast desert facility where Chuck Yeager broke the speed of sound and the military has incubated its most secret aerospace advances.

By TARA COPP

|May 3, 2024|

National

Ukrainian soldiers fire a cannon near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, May 15, 2023. — AP/Libkos, file

Ukrainian Counteroffensive Against Russian Invaders Looms Along 620-Mile Battle Line

Weather, lack of ammunition, delay start of big push to recover lost territory, as 200,000 Russians dig in using World War I-style trenches.

By TARA COPP

|May 20, 2023|

Foreign

OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN -- A B-2 Spirit soars through the sky after a refueling mission, May 30, 2006. — U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt Bennie J. Davis III

Air Force Grounds Entire Fleet of B-2 Stealth Bombers After Emergency Landing

The standdown is significant in that there are fewer than 20 stealth bombers in the entire fleet and the aircraft provides, along with the B-52 Stratofortress, the air leg of the nation’s nuclear triad.

By TARA COPP

|Dec 19, 2022|

National