Twentieth Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Jack Weinstein told Air Force Magazine he is getting ready to brief the results of the analysis of alternatives for the Air Force’s Ground Based Strategic Deterrent capability to leadership. GBSD is the notional...
Under the force posture the United States is adopting to meet the ceilings for strategic nuclear warheads and delivery systems imposed by the New START agreement with Russia, the Air Force will keep 50 Minuteman III ICBMs in so-called warm...
Tallinn, Estonia—The Russo-Georgian war in 2008 should have been the “real wakeup call,” but Estonian air force Commander Col. Jaak Tarien said the “western world chose to hit the snooze button.” That can’t happen again, he told Air Force Magazine...
Tallinn, Estonia—Estonian air force Commander Col. Jaak Tarien said Russia continues to employ “good-old Cold War tactics,” noting that the buildup of Russian forces in response to pre-planned NATO exercises in the Baltic area “was quite expected.” Tarien said there...
Tallinn, Estonia—This year’s NATO Saber Strike exercise is focusing more on conventional warfare rather than the counterinsurgency-type scenarios conducted in years past. That has more to do with the drawdown of combat operations in Afghanistan rather than the ongoing tensions...
The Air Force has launched a Bending the Cost Curve initiative with industry to improve acquisition processes, said William LaPlante, the service’s top weapons buyer. “We want to take on tasks that have measurable outcomes,” he said in a speech...
The F-35 program is shooting to reduce sustainment costs by another 10 to 20 percent, according to Pentagon officials. Defense acquisition chief Frank Kendall, speaking after an F-35 steering group meeting on June 12, said he doesn’t think “that’s an...
The Air Force is launching the Airman Comprehensive Assessment process, issuing new performance-evaluation forms for officers and enlisted personnel that take effect on July 1. The new feedback forms are meant to facilitate “a purposeful dialogue between supervisors and the...
Civil engineering airmen enlarged the helicopter ramp at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to support the closure of five forward operating bases as part of the US drawdown in theater. “It is truly a proud moment when you get tasked to turn...
The Navy released a list of its top 30 companies or company divisions that have demonstrated superior work. Assembling this list is part of a pilot program to identify the contractors that deliver what they promise on time and at...
