Daily Report: USAF F-15s Defend Israel | Kadena Gets F-22s and F-16s | The Case for a Space National Guard
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Will Unmanned Collaborative Combat Aircraft Mean Airmen Need New AFSCs?
Even as the Air Force prepares to award more contracts for Collaborative Combat Aircraft in the coming months and field them in the next few years, the service is still considering how its Airmen will interact with and operate the unmanned “wingman” drones, the head of ...
Daily Report: Lawmakers Eye Enlisted Pay Boost | Guardians at Army Drill Sergeant Academy | Responsive Space Contracts
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New Satellite Data Layer Connects Army, Navy, NATO—with Link 16
The Space Development Agency is fine-tuning and expanding its data transport satellites’ Link 16 connectivity, preparing for them to become the “backbone” of the Pentagon’s ambitious joint all-domain command and control system—and perhaps beyond that to NATO.
USSF Doubles Down on Responsive Space with 2 Contracts
The Space Force’s first mission to launch a satellite in record time was so nice, the service is doing it twice for the follow-up.Space Systems Command, with some help from the Defense Innovation Unit, awarded two contracts for its next tactically responsive space mission, Victus ...
Daily Report: Russian Air Force Losses | Privatizing Base Infrastructure | Kendall Takes Aim at Space Guard
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Kendall: Space Guard ‘Doesn’t Make Any Sense,’ USSF Has New Authorities to Manage Transition
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall offered his sharpest critique yet of a proposed Space National Guard on April 10, telling reporters at the annual Space Symposium that the idea “doesn’t make any sense” and new authorities granted to the Space Force make it better positioned ...
Space Force’s New Commercial Strategy Emphasizes SATCOM and SDA
The Space Force is ready to integrate commercial satellites and systems into a broad range of missions, starting with satellite communications and space domain awareness, according to the service’s newly released Commercial Space Strategy. The strategy, unveiled April 10 after months of waiting, reaffirms what the Pentagon’s ...
Daily Report: Kendall to Fly on AI-Piloted F-16 | Warrant Officers Pin on in January 2025 | SPACECOM Boss on Mobility
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SPACECOM Boss: ‘It’s Time’ to Embrace In-Orbit Servicing, Refueling for Satellites
The Pentagon’s space assets need to be able to maneuver in orbit, be refueled and repaired, and keep going, the head of U.S. Space Command said April 9—and those capabilities need to be fielded quickly to deter conflict. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting made the case for ...
Daily Report: Waist-to-Height Ratio Nears | AFMC Reoptimizes | KC-46 Wing Pods Tested
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AFMC Names New Program Officers, Details Reoptimization Changes
Brig. Gen. Luke C.G. Cropsey, or whoever succeeds him as the Department of the Air Force’s top acquisition official for command, control, and communications/battle management, is poised to take command of the new Air Force Information Dominance Systems Center. The service will also establish a program ...
New KC-46 Wing Pods Being Tested to Enable Two Aircraft to Refuel at Once
After years of fits and starts, the KC-46's Wing Aerial Refueling Pods started operational testing last month out of McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., giving the Pegasus the ability to refuel two aircraft at the same time. McConnell is the first operational base to get the ...
Daily Report: New Fighter Engine Funding | Suicides by Job Specialty | Gaza Airdrops
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Contractor Who Walked Into MQ-9 Propeller Lost Situational Awareness
A contractor died in California last year after walking into the moving propeller of an MQ-9 during ground testing. Air Force investigators blamed a host of factors for the deadly accident, including the victim losing situational awareness while focusing on taking telemetry readings, inadequate training, poor ...
Daily Report: Allvin, Kendall Tour Pacific | Boosting Reserve Readiness | B-52s Fly with Japan, S Korea
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Contractor Crashed MQ-9 on Loan from Air Force in 2023, Causing $16 Million in Damage
The contractor behind a program to use drones to capture data from hypersonic tests crashed an MQ-9 on loan from the Air Force last year, causing $16 million in damages, according to a new accident investigation report. The crash took place Jan. 18, 2023, at Southern ...
Daily Report: Trust Issues with SATCOM | New Deployment Model in AFCENT | ‘Graduation Exercise’ for LRASM
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F-35s Deploy to Poland to Keep ‘Safeguarding’ NATO
Four U.S. Air Force F-35 fighters deployed to Poland on April 1 to help guard NATO’s eastern flank, keeping up a steady American presence in the region dating back to the early days of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.