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Allvin Unveils New Details of Integrated Capabilities Command, to Stand Up This Year
The Air Force plans to have its new Integrated Capabilities Command stood up by the end of 2024, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin said May 2, offering new details of one of the signature reforms announced by the service earlier this year. Allvin ...
DOD Official Confirms Russia Is Developing an ‘Indiscriminate’ Space Nuke
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy John F. Plumb warned lawmakers that Russia is developing an “indiscriminate” nuclear weapon to go in space, confirming reports from several months ago and describing potentially devastating effects in orbit.
DNI: Russia Gaining Ground in Ukraine with China’s Help
The war in Ukraine isn’t likely to end soon, because Russia is gaining ground, making more munitions, and getting more help from China, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told lawmakers May 2.
Air Guardsmen, Reservists Gear Up for Wildfire Fighting Season
Airmen from the California Air National Guard and Air Force Reserves brushed up on their aerial firefighting skills late last month in preparation for the 2024 wildfire season, which could see fires break out across North America.
China is Having a ‘Strategic Breakout’ in Space Too, USSF Intel Boss Warns
A little less than three years after then-U.S. Strategic Command boss Adm. Charles Richard warned of China’s nuclear forces experiencing a “strategic breakout,” the Space Force’s top intelligence officer says the People's Liberation Army have done the same in space. “The PLA has rapidly advanced in space ...
US Needs Better Coordination, Cheaper Ways to Counter Drones: Pentagon Officials
The nation needs a better-coordinated policy for dealing with unmanned aerial systems that threaten domestic bases, Air Force vice chief of staff Gen. James C. Slife told a panel of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He and Pentagon acquisition and sustainment chief William LaPlante co-chair ...
Daily Report: Fighter Shortage in the Guard? | Modernizing Depot IT | New Spectrum Warfare Squadrons
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New Air Force PT Uniforms to Hit Shelves in July
The Air Force’s new physical training uniforms have been a long time coming. The clothing set was first unveiled in 2021, with a promised 2022 debut. But supply chain issues delayed its arrival multiple times, according to the Air Force. But finally, Airmen are expected ...
Spectrum Warfare Wing Adds Two New Squadrons to Handle Growing Mission
The Air Force’s 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing added a new squadron April 25 and will activate another May 2—expanding the structure of the service’s lone spectrum warfare wing as it looks to grow its numbers too.
Kadena Adds More Stealth Fighters Amid ‘Increasingly Challenging Strategic Environment’
F-22A Raptors from the 27th Fighter Squadron at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., recently arrived at Kadena Air Base in Japan, bolstering the fifth-generation airpower at the closest U.S. military installation to Taiwan.
‘We Need to Modernize’ IT at Air Force Depots, Vice Chief Says
Questioned by lawmakers on the state of the Air Force's maintenance depots, Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James C. "Jim" Slife said April 30 that the service is investing in IT and data infrastructure to better sustain new software-intensive platforms—while acknowledging that there is still ...
National Guard Boss Warns of Potential ‘Critical’ Fighter Shortage
The head of the National Guard warned that a shortage of fighter jets, pilots, and maintainers in the reserve component could leave the military short-handed in a possible conflict.
Daily Report: F-16 Crash at Holloman | Cost Overrun on Grey Wolf | Austin Defends F-35
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MH-139 Suffers ‘Critical’ Cost Breach; Sentinel ‘Halfway’ Through Its Review
While the Pentagon is halfway through its review of the Air Force’s new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program in the wake of “critical” cost and schedule overruns, the service has declared a similar issue for the helicopters meant to provide security and transport across those ...
Kendall: Air Force Expects 100 CCAs Operating Within Five Years
The Air Force only expects to field about 100 Collaborative Combat Aircraft during the next five years, but that the tempo of the program will yield new contracts about every two years, Secretary Frank Kendall said.
Pilot Ejects from F-16 Crash at Holloman Air Force Base
An Air Force pilot ejected “successfully” from an F-16 fighter jet assigned to Holloman Air Force Base when it crashed on April 30, the base announced.
Austin Pushes Back on Lawmaker’s F-35 Criticism: Not a ‘Paperweight’
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III rebuffed criticism that the F-35 program has proved too costly and unreliable to serve as the viable backbone of America’s and allies' future fighter fleet on April 30. “I would not categorize the F-35 as a paperweight,” Austin ...
SDA Awards Contract for Eight New ‘FOO Fighter’ Fire Control Satellites
The Space Development Agency has awarded a $414 million contract for eight new “FOO Fighter” satellites to Millennium Space Systems.