Daily Report: F-16 Crash at Holloman | Cost Overrun on Grey Wolf | Austin Defends F-35
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MH-139 Suffers ‘Critical’ Cost Breach; Sentinel ‘Halfway’ Through Its Review
While the Pentagon is halfway through its review of the Air Force’s new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program in the wake of “critical” cost and schedule overruns, the service has declared a similar issue for the helicopters meant to provide security and transport across those ...
Kendall: Air Force Expects 100 CCAs Operating Within Five Years
The Air Force only expects to field about 100 Collaborative Combat Aircraft during the next five years, but that the tempo of the program will yield new contracts about every two years, Secretary Frank Kendall said.
Pilot Ejects from F-16 Crash at Holloman Air Force Base
An Air Force pilot ejected “successfully” from an F-16 fighter jet assigned to Holloman Air Force Base when it crashed on April 30, the base announced.
Austin Pushes Back on Lawmaker’s F-35 Criticism: Not a ‘Paperweight’
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III rebuffed criticism that the F-35 program has proved too costly and unreliable to serve as the viable backbone of America’s and allies' future fighter fleet on April 30. “I would not categorize the F-35 as a paperweight,” Austin ...
SDA Awards Contract for Eight New ‘FOO Fighter’ Fire Control Satellites
The Space Development Agency has awarded a $414 million contract for eight new “FOO Fighter” satellites to Millennium Space Systems.
PHOTOS: Airmen, F-22s Scatter to Austere ‘Spokes’ for Pacific Exercise
A recent seven-day exercise sent Air Force F-22s—along with other USAF aircraft—to austere, challenging environments across Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Agile Reaper, taking place for the second time after its inaugural edition last year, featured 800 Airmen and 29 aircraft across five different ...
Nearly Every Governor Opposes Guard Units Moving into the Space Force
Governors from nearly every U.S. state and territory signed a letter sent to Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on April 29, asking him to withdraw an Air Force proposal to transfer Air National Guard units to the Space Force. While the letter does not endorse ...
Houthis Shoot Down Third MQ-9; Five Now Lost to Hostile Fire in Just Over a Year
An Air Force MQ-9 went down in Yemen on April 25, the Pentagon confirmed, after Houthi rebels in that country claimed they shot it down with a missile. The crash marks the fifth MQ-9 brought down in the Middle East by hostile fire in the ...
The Air Force Needs To Define Toxic Leadership, Experts Say
The Air Force needs to define toxic leadership in order to form strategies to reduce it, researchers wrote in a recent article for Air University and explained to Air & Space Forces Magazine.
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Tech. Sgt. James Hurst, 36th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron evaluator loadmaster, performs a pre-flight inspection of a C-130J Super Hercules in preparation of a static-line jump involving Bangladesh Special Forces during Cope South 2024, Feb. 24, 2024, near Sylhet, Bangladesh.
Daily Report: New ‘Doomsday’ Plane | Red Flag-Like Exercise on Arabian Peninsula | RTX Pulls Back on Space
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Air Force Awards $13 Billion Contract for New ‘Doomsday’ Planes
The Air Force awarded a $13.08 billion contract to the Sierra Nevada Corporation on April 26 for its Survivable Airborne Operations Center aircraft, the successor to the service’s E-4B “Doomsday” plane. Like the E-4B, officially called the National Airborne Operations Center, the SAOC will be meant to withstand ...
RTX Exits the Space Prime Business, Won’t Make SDA Satellites
RTX, parent of Raytheon, Collins and Pratt & Whitney, is getting out of the space prime business and focusing on its "strengths" as a maker of space sensors, buses, and components, company COO Chris Calio said during an earnings call.
F-15Es and A-10s Join Red Flag-Like Exercise on Arabian Peninsula
F-15E fighters from the 335th Fighter Squadron of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., arrived in the Arabian Peninsula last week for a multilateral exercise hosted by the United Arab Emirates. Alongside the Strike Eagles, A-10s from the Maryland Air National Guard are also participating ...
New Report: Engine Problems Led to MQ-9 Crash in Africa Last Year
A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 suffered an engine failure flying over Africa in May 2023, forcing the drone’s pilot to down it in the ocean where it was not recovered, according to a new Air Force report. The cost of the mishap was more than ...
Daily Report: Warrant Officer Applications Open | NATO Air Integration | Looking to CCA Increment 2
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Competitors Not Picked for CCA Look Forward to Increment 2
While none of the major aircraft contractors were selected to develop the Collaborative Combat Aircraft, all three say they are seeking further autonomous aircraft work for the Navy, foreign partners, or in the classified arena, and maybe future versions of the CCA itself.
SPACECOM Boss Warns China Is Moving ‘Breathtakingly Fast’ During Pacific Visit
In the wake of a major Chinese military shakeup, the head of U.S. Space Command warned of China’s “breathtakingly fast” advances in space during visits to Japan and South Korea. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting’s trip to the Indo-Pacific is his first overseas visit since taking ...