Senior Airman Immanuel Bailey, left, and Staff Sgt. Joshua Paulsen, assigned to the Weapons Standardization Squadron, secure an AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile to an MJ-1 lift truck at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., April 29, 2024. Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Tan
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2024 USAF & USSF Almanac: Weapons & Platforms
June 7, 2024
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When Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach became Chief of Staff of the Air Force in November 2025, he coined a simple motto: “Fly and Fix”—so you can fight if necessary. In the nine months since, Airmen have been flying, fixing, and fighting—a lot.
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Air Force bases inside the U.S. are heavily guarded, but they could fall victim to the same type of spectacular drone attack that struck bomber bases deep inside Russia last year, retired Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, former head of U.S. Northern Command and NORAD, said July 30.
The Air Force’s new Collaborative Combat Aircraft may fly scores of missions over many years or only a few if commanders decide a mission is worth the risk of losing one, a top official said this week—a middle ground approach he called “optionally attritable.”
The 442nd Fighter Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., is in line to replace its A-10 Warthogs with F-15E Strike Eagles in the coming years, securing the future of the reserve unit’s flying mission.
The Space Force expects its nascent airborne moving target indicator program will have a “usable capability” in the next few years—but the official in charge of the program says there’s more work to be done beyond that to refine the sensing, data processing, and orchestration needed to deliver a global…
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