The Pentagon will begin to wind down the U.S. military presence at Germany's Spangdahlem Air Base, pulling out Air Force F-16s and canceling plans to move tankers and special-operations forces to the European hub, Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper announced July 29. The decision marks ...
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Air Combat Command on July 21 awarded three companies contracts worth up to $433.6 million to provide 5,418 annual sorties of adversary air support at five bases over the next four and a half years, a command spokesperson told Air Force Magazine. The contracts with ...
Air Mobility Command is partnering with Air Combat Command and the Air Force Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., to create a KC-46 Pegasus Weapons Instructor Course, according to a July 24 AMC release. The team is working to incorporate the KC-46 into ...
Boeing, General Atomics, Kratos, and Northrop Grumman received indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts that allow them to compete for Skyborg Vanguard Program delivery orders, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center announced on July 23. Skyborg is an affordable unmanned system that will partner with ...
Staff Sgt. Jacob Lieuallen, Senior Airman Tommy Chase and Airman 1st Class Nathan Fanny, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chiefs, pose for a photo on top of a B-52H Stratofortress at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 17, 2020. Bomber...
Airmen from the 911th Maintenance Group tow the first C-17 Globemaster III into a new two-bay hangar at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa, June 4, 2020. The two-bay hangar will allow Airmen to safely perform maintenance on...
An HH-60 from the 347th Rescue Group drop flares during a fini flight for Col. Bryan Creel, 347th RQG commander, June 5, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga.
Two B-1B Lancers flew over a U.S. Navy carrier strike group and then over the South China Sea on July 21, about one week after the U.S. State Department issued a statement calling China's efforts to control resources in the contentious waters “completely unlawful.” The ...
House lawmakers hammered Lockheed Martin for persistent problems in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter enterprise during a July 22 hearing, as the defense giant declined to promise it would fully reimburse the Pentagon for defective equipment files. At issue are electronic equipment logs, which act ...