Daily Report: A-10s to CENTCOM | NORAD Asks Congress for Better Domain Awareness | The New ‘DAF Battle Network‘
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DAF Outlines a New ‘Battle Network’ as Its Contribution to JADC2
The Department of the Air Force has identified 50 programs that will make up the core of its contribution to the Pentagon’s joint all-domain command and control effort, branding them part of the “DAF Battle Network,” according to newly-released budget documents. The DAF Battle Network programs ...
NORAD Boss Asks Congress for Better Domain Awareness, Faster
NORAD boss Gen. Glen VanHerck stressed the need for over-the-horizon radars and other capabilities to bring homeland defense in line with threats from Russia and China.
Kendall Says Budget is Adequate to Counter China; HASC Vice Chair Says It’s ‘Not Enough’
While Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said he's “comfortable” with the amount of spending in the Air Force’s fiscal 2024 budget, Rep. Rob Wittman (R-V.) said it’s not big enough, arguing for funding that at least matches the rate of inflation.
A-10s Headed to CENTCOM to Bolster Air Force Presence
As the Air Force’s broader focus shifts to the Pacific and Europe, the U.S. military will rely on aging close air support aircraft to meet the needs of its forces in the Middle East. A-10 Thunderbolt IIs will deploy to the region in April, a ...
Daily Report: How Does China View Its Own Military? | USAF Wants $5.8B for CCAs | NATO Air Boss on Lack of Airpower in Ukraine
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The US Thinks China Is a ‘Near-Peer’ Threat. Does China Agree?
While U.S. military leaders worry about China as a near-peer threat, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has doubts has serious doubts about the PLA’s political reliability, leadership, and ability to mobilize, fight, and win wars, according to a new report.
USAF Wants $5.8 Billion for CCAs Over Five Years. First Up: A Spectral Warfare Platform
The Air Force is asking for about $6 billion to develop Collaborative Combat Aircraft over the future years defense plan, up from a get-started amount of nearly $400 million in fiscal 2024. One of the first types of CCAs will be for “spectrum warfare,” but ...
Lack of Airpower in Ukraine Proves Value of Air Superiority, NATO Air Boss Says
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has proven that air superiority is vital to success in conflict, Gen. James B. Hecker, the top U.S. Air Force commander in Europe, said March 22. In a Mitchell Institute event, Hecker argued that if Russia had gained air superiority early ...
DOD Press Chief, Fighter PEO, and 21 More Selected for 2-Star General
Nearly two dozen Air Force brigadier generals have been tapped to receive a second star, the Department of Defense announced March 22—including Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder and Brig. Gen. Dale R. White, who oversees the service’s acquisition portfolio for fighters and advanced ...
Daily Report: Mitchell Paper Pushes for More B-21s | Nuclear Sustainment Challenges | Uniform Changes
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More B-21s Would Help America Field a Two-War Military, New Mitchell Paper Says
The future U.S. bomber force could provide a way for the Pentagon to simultaneously deter conflict with peer adversaries in two geographically disparate theaters, said Mark Gunzinger, the director of future concepts and capability assessments at AFA's Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, during a March ...
Supply Chain, Long Lead Times, Bureaucracy Challenge Nuclear Sustainment
Supply chain and vanishing vendor issues make supporting old nuclear systems increasingly difficult, Global Strike Command’s logistics and engineering chief Brig. Gen. Kenyon K. Bell said. Additive printing will be a big help but can be hampered by bureaucracy.
Purses, Parkas, and Patches—Air Force Uniform Board Unveils New Changes, But No Beards
Airmen and Guardians can now wear cold-weather headbands, purses and handbags with small logos, and other items according to new regulation changes. But one area of appearance regulations that went unchanged was facial hair policy, as Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. ...
Watch and Read: All the Videos and Transcripts from AWS 23
The 2023 AFA Warfare Symposium held March 6-8 in Aurora, Colo., brought together dozens of the leading voices shaping the Air Force and Space Force of today and the future. You can access the entire program via on-demand video and complete transcripts starting now, with ...
Daily Report: Chinese Balloon Prompts Budget Add | Air Superiority for PACAF | B-1s Fly with South Korea
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Space Force Invests in System for Building and Modifying Satellites—in Orbit
Building satellites is hard enough on Earth, but a group of companies just received a contract from the U.S. Space Force that could pave the way to building satellites in orbit. Announced March 20, the goal of the $1.6 million award is to demonstrate building ...
PACAF Commander: Air Superiority Is the Focus in Indo-Pacific
Give Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach, commander of Pacific Air Forces, one extra dollar, and he would spend it bolstering the U.S.’s air superiority in the region, he said March 20. And within that endeavor, there are plenty of efforts to pursue, Wilsbach said during an Aerospace ...
For 4th Time This Year, B-1 Bombers Join S. Korean Fighters in Show of Force
A pair of B-1B Lancers flew alongside American F-16s and South Korean F-35s over the Korean Peninsula on March 19, the same day North Korea reportedly launched another missile test off its coast. The latest combined air training event between the U.S. and the Republic of ...
Chinese Spy Balloon Prompts $90 Million in New Air Defense Spending
The Chinese spy balloon may have popped, but funding to protect against similar threats is inflating, according to the Department of Defense. The high-attitude surveillance balloon that traversed the U.S. in late January and early February prompted last-minute additions to the Pentagon's budget of around ...