Gen. David W. Allvin completed two years as Chief of Staff, half the statutory tour length, but long enough, he says, to have made a mark on the Air Force.
National Security
Marc Berkowitz, the Trump administration’s nominee to serve as assistant secretary of defense for space policy, told lawmakers he would consider “all options” for improving the efficiency of the national security space enterprise, including combining some functions of the Space Force and the National Reconnaissance ...
For more than a decade, the Pentagon have steadily invested more and more of its budget in research and development compared to procurement—resulting in a “smaller, older, and less capable force than it needs,” according to a new analysis from the Center for a New ...
America's Air Force today is smaller and older than it was in my day, but what worries me more than size or age is just how ready we are to fly, fight, and win in a future war.
The nominee to lead the Pentagon’s Indo-Pacific affairs office argued allies to need to step up their efforts to counter the growing threat of China, while also advocating for the U.S. to maintain “combat-credible” forces and strong investments in the region at his Senate confirmation hearing ...
Gen. Thomas A. Bussiere, head of Air Force Global Strike Command, announced his intention to retire in a social media post on Sept. 30, a reversal from just a few months ago, when he was poised to become Vice Chief of Staff of the Air ...
The government shut down for the first time in more than six years at midnight, Oct. 1, after Congress failed to pass last-ditch appropriations bills Sept. 30. Troops must still report for duty, but hundreds of thousands of Pentagon civilians are being furloughed under guidance ...
President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth addressed hundreds of senior military officials at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., and Air & Space Forces Magazine was there in the auditorium.
On Sept. 30, War Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered an address at Marine Corps Base Quantico to an unprecedented gathering of hundreds of admirals, generals, and senior leaders. Read the full transcript.
