The men and women of the US Air Force represent the best Air Force in the world, and this generation is “as good as ever, but they are standing on the shoulders of giants,” Gen. Michael Moseley, Air Force Chief of Staff, said. Speaking at the 42nd Air Force Villages Chairman’s Dinner, Moseley said that he is confident in the ability of today’s airmen to accomplish any mission. “The real treasure of the Air Force is its people,” he said.
A new Navy missile could fill a long-range air-to-air need for the U.S. Air Force’s fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-generation fighters. The Navy’s portfolio acquisition executive for munitions posted information on the AIM-424 Long Range Air-to-Air Missile online on Aug. 22, the same day it unveiled the project at the service’s…