We are talking about Centrifugal and Centripetal forces using a tornado as an example. Centripetal force is a force that keeps an object moving in a circular path, this force points TOWARDthe center ...

For years, one tiny mismatch in particle physics carried outsized hopes. The muon, a heavier and short-lived cousin of the ...

While the U.S. Air Force hasn't closed the door to a possible light attack program, efforts to procure a new turboprop aircraft for training with allies appear to have lost steam as other priorities ...

You're sitting in physics class, working on a traditional problem involving forces and acceleration, when you start to wonder where these terms even came from. Were they just dreamed up to bring ...

Capt. Bryan Bailey uses an on board computer to translate information received from a drop sonde into coordinates for a precision air drop March 18, 2010, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. Captain Bailey ...

The U.S. Air Force recently conducted an exercise in which AI was used to recommend targets in a high-pressure combat scenario. Called "Experiment 3," the four-day exercise took place last month and ...

A multi-functional team of experts from across several major commands received the 2017 Daedalian Colonel Franklin C. Wolfe Weapon Systems Award at a Sept. 20 ceremony at the Wright-Patterson Air ...

The Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle will return to orbit May 16. (Jeremy Webster/ U.S. Air Force) When the secretive X-37B space plane returns to orbit on May 16, it will be carrying more ...