More than three years after the Air Force first announced its intention to reactivate the 65th Aggressor Squadron with F-35 fighters, the unit formally stood up at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. During the reactivation ceremony, the squadron also unveiled the first F-35s assigned to ...
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Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said he returned to government service because of “China, China, China,” but he admitted that the Air Force’s front line defenses in the Pacific have “a ways to go” in the areas of deception, defense, and practicing agile combat employment ...
The recent barrage of ballistic missile tests by North Korea elicited a strong “trilateral” response from the United States and Pacific allies Japan and South Korea, Pacific Air Forces commander Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach told Air Force Magazine. The show of force was necessary to ...
Breaking weapons up into modular segments for ease of upgrade could also improve defense industrial surge capacity, said the outgoing head of Air Force Materiel Command Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr. Modularity could also help address the issue of intellectual property while keeping more companies ...
America’s Pacific allies Japan and Australia want deeper cooperation with the U.S. in areas such as long-range weapons and military space activities with the goal of deterring a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan and to prepare in the event of one. "We need more conversation ...
With several House Armed Services subcommittees set to allow the Air Force to make cuts to some of its oldest aircraft fleets as part of their 2023 National Defense Authorization Act markups, there’s one airframe in particular—and its delayed successor—that’s worrying lawmakers. The E-4B National Airborne ...
The U.S. comptroller general, who oversees the Government Accountability Office, will assess sustainment challenges of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and report back to Congress by March 2023 under a House Armed Services subcommittee markup of the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act. The readiness ...
The Air Force’s plan to retire most of its E-8C JSTARS fleet has gotten a boost from a congressional panel. The House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee unveiled its markup of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act. A provision included in the ...
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III’s fourth visit to the Indo-Pacific region comes at a critical time for Pacific Air Forces as the major command seeks to maintain and deepen partnerships and China competes to win basing access that could undermine U.S. security. Austin departed ...
