US Air Forces in Europe on Oct. 1 plans to open the first Joint and Combined Air Dominance Center of Excellence in the world at RAF Lakenheath, UK. According to the center’s commander, Lt. Col. David Slade, the center will consolidate expertise of existing air-to-air and theater air dominance forces, creating a one-stop warehouse for operational doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedures development.
The Air Force achieved its goal of recruiting 32,750 Active-Duty enlisted Airmen for 2026 five months ahead of schedule, military officials said this week—its biggest recruiting year in more than two decades.