July 26, 2024 | By
Unshin Lee Harpley The last remaining T-1 Jayhawk at JBSA-Randolph, Texas, took its final flight to the "Boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on July 15. The 99th Flying Training Squadron will train pilots using T-6 and simulator until it gets T-7 Red Hawk in fiscal 2026.
July 26, 2024 | By
Greg Hadley The Department of the Air Force officially established the new Integrated Capabilities Office last week, completing one of the first of two dozen moves announced in February to “re-optimize" the Air and Space Forces for Great Power Competition with China.
July 26, 2024 | By
David Roza The Space Force is offering up to $180,000 for Guardians in some career fields to reenlist, an $80,000 increase over previous years. The move is part of a wider Department of the Air Force effort to make reenlisting easier and offer more incentives to do ...
July 26, 2024
Korean War Ace Who Survived as POW
July 26, 2024
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July 26, 2024
One objective of AIMS is to promote closer relationships with recruiting squadrons
July 26, 2024 | By
David Roza The Airmen who specialize in weather are much more than just a weather app; properly employed, they can help commanders predict and influence adversary behavior.
July 26, 2024 | By
John A. Tirpak Leaders seem to be hedging, with senior service leaders indicating concern over NGAD’s costs and raising questions about the future of U.S. air dominance.
July 26, 2024
A collection of quotes on airpower, space power, and national security issues.
July 26, 2024
WORLD: Air: F-335 Readiness; No More Ops & Maintenance Groups; a 24 Deployable Combat Wings.
July 26, 2024
WORLD: Russia-Ukraine: Russian Jamming Wreaks Havoc.
July 26, 2024
WORLD: Space: Mission Deltas Unite Operations.
July 26, 2024
WORLD: Sentinel: Costs Jump 81% after Pentagon Review.
July 26, 2024
WORLD: Personnel: Space Force Adjusts Readiness Model.
July 26, 2024 | By
Tobias Naegele In the absence of a rival superpower in the 1990s, and with the miscalculations of the post-9/11 counterinsurgency campaigns, the successive administrations, the Pentagon, and Congress managed to squander America’s technological edge.
July 26, 2024 | By
David Roza Project Magellan is the latest maximum endurance operation (MEO), the term for long-haul missions, meant to test Airmen as transport and tanker crews under Air Mobility Command.
July 26, 2024
Airpower is a desired capability that everybody wants. Because it’s asymmetric, with a little bit of airpower, you can create a lot of effects.
July 26, 2024
The Air & Space Forces Association Nominating and Governance Committee selected seven candidates to send forward for open National Officer positions and National Director positions on the Board of Directors.
Currently, neither Russia nor Ukraine is using combat aircraft to conduct deep strikes, relying instead on missiles and drones. The lethal air defenses on both sides have resulted in a state of air parity, in which neither force has control of the air.
July 26, 2024
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