The Air Force Association’s annual Air Warfare Symposium runs Feb. 24-26, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. It features a range of speakers, including Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh, leaders of the service’s major commands, and other aviation and aerospace experts. The theme of this year’s conference is “global precision attack.” For up-to-date information from AFA about the conference, click here. Track the conference on social media by following us on Twitter and Facebook or by using #AWS16.
The Air Force has embraced new technical approaches like open mission systems and rapid software updates for cutting-edge aircraft like the B-21 and Collaborative Combat Aircraft. Increasingly, though, the service is also working to apply these to its older, “legacy” aircraft, officials said this week.