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.
Air Force Budget Plan Seeks to Boost Munitions
April 21, 2026
The Air Force’s annual budget request, with increases in nearly every category, seeks to balance the need to obtain an affordable mass of munitions for magazine depth with the development of exquisite new missiles to penetrate enemy defenses.