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It’s Time for the Air Force to Embrace the F-35
The U.S. Air Force must grow its 5th-gen fleet—and soon. Today, there is one aircraft in production that can answer that call: the F-35. The Air Force, Secretary Pete Hegseth, President Trump, and Congress must boost F-35 acquisition as rapidly as possible, writes Doug Birkey, ...
Daily Report: JSE and the Future of Training
PLUS A Robot Tug for the MQ-9 and Space Force Seeks Flexibility to Deal with CR
‘Peace Through Strength’ Starts with Rebuilding the US Air Force
The roles and missions executed by Air Force warriors are essential to the nation’s security. Yet after three decades of constant demand and minimal replenishment, our Air Force is too small and too old. It needs to be rebuilt. The Trump administration and Congress must ...
Daily Report: Trump Admin Loosens Rules for Airstrikes
PLUS Kessel Run Pivots and TJAG Firings
America Must Resource Its Spacepower Advantage
The Department of Defense’s directive to reapportion 8 percent of its spending to Trump administration priorities presents distinct opportunities and challenges. However, in seeking to realign funding, leaders must be careful not to cut to the bone of core capabilities and capacity. Nowhere is this ...
Daily Report: Why an F-16 in Russian Camo Intercepted a Russian Warplane for NORAD
PLUS the Cost of CCAs and 75 Years Since the Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift: An Example to Emulate 75 Years Later
“Sept. 30 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the Berlin Airlift. In the first victory of the Cold War, U.S. and U.K. Airmen flew 278,000 sorties, rescuing the people of West Berlin from starvation. Yet the strategic significance of this crucial air campaign ...
Daily Report: NGAD’s Uncertain Future | Re-Imagining ACC | More Space Force Budget Cuts?
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Past is Prologue: Learn from History and Invest in Combat Airpower
As world leaders gathered at Normandy last week to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, it is important to recall that America was not ready for that war. It took two and a half years to generate the combat power necessary to invade ...
Daily Report: AFSOC Commander Tapped to Lead USAFA | Innovation Program | Clearing the F-35 Backlog
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It’s Time to Re-Adopt Peace Through Strength
At the dawn of the Cold War, a simple phrase defined America’s national security strategy: “Peace through strength.” Today, 75 years later, the world faces similarly severe challenges, but this time the United States is struggling to adopt and actualize a similarly decisive policy.
Daily Report: New AFCENT Commander | NORAD Boss on Russia and China | Upgrading Airfield on Yap
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Air Force, Space Force Budgets Fall Far Short of Need
China, Russia, Iran and others pose a dire threat to our nation. Yet the fiscal 2025 budget submitted to Congress is woefully inadequate to confront those challenges—especially for the Department of the Air Force, writes Douglas A. Birkey
Daily Report: Strikes in Iraq, Syria, Yemen | CCAF Transcript Task Force | B-52s Arrive in Guam
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Now Is Not the Time to Go Weak on the F-35
“The year 2024 will stand as a transformative year for modernizing the U.S. Air Force’s fighter force. Bottom line: the service needs to reset fast. That is why it was welcome news when Lockheed Martin recently announced the Tech Refresh 3/Block 4 variant of its ...
The Space Based Environmental Monitoring Modernization Imperative: Weather Counts
Military missions in the air, on land, and at sea demand robust, timely weather information. On-orbit space-based environmental monitoring (SBEM) systems are a critical source of this data, but years of underfunding, delayed, curtailed, and canceled modernization programs have left the SBEM enterprise in a ...
Accelerating Fifth-Gen Airpower
Beginning with the fiscal 2024 budget, every dollar for F-35 will fund TR-3-equipped Block 4 jets. The need for those jets could hardly be greater.
Daily Report: Drones for NGAD | Synthetic Training Environments | Beards
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