The Air Force’s manpower and personnel chief, Lt. Gen. Roger Brady, told the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves last week that the Air Force’s “transformation efforts are on target,” and staying there is a matter of making Total Force Integration work. He described TFI as an “inclusive process” that is “critical” to drive the service to solve problems associated with “competing resource demands, an aging aircraft inventory, and emerging missions.” Beyond creating new associate relationships in the field as its cuts personnel, aircraft, and units, the Air Force “is well underway” to integrate its headquarters staff into a Total Force staff, said Brady. He also pointed out that the “debate … is over” about whether there is now only an operational reserve, noting that about 25 percent of each air expeditionary force rotation is Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command.
Navy CCA Program’s Shape Coming into Focus
Oct. 17, 2025
In announcing its Navy Collaborative Combat Aircraft contract, General Atomics has provided some clues as to where the service is heading with its version of an armed, autonomous fighter escort. It will likely be quite different from the Air Force version.
