The Air Force has a problem within the nation’s intelligence community, Gen. Michael V. Hayden today told AFA’s Air Warfare Symposium. Hayden, deputy director of national intelligence and the nation’s highest-ranking uniformed intelligence official, said that there are currently no Air Force officers serving as J-2s—intelligence directors—in any of the Defense Department’s nine unified commands. This is not just a career opportunity problem, he suggested, but a roles and missions issue, because the absence of Air Force officers colors the way combatant commands look at the problems they face. This lack of an Air Force intelligence viewpoint “tends to have an influence” on the way America fights its wars, he cautioned. If DOD’s intelligence views don’t mesh with Air Force views, whose fault is that?, Hayden asked.
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.
