A new paper written by an Air Force engineer warns of a major vulnerability on U.S. military bases overseas: the power infrastructure.
Operational Imperative 5: Resilient Basing
Base planners here are evaluating a suite of new technologies that could change the way military installations operate well into the future.
The military services are jointly addressing how to operate in a dispersed fashion, and the Army is working with the Air Force on affordable, portable air defenses USAF officials said.
MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., has evacuated its personnel and KC-135 aircraft as Hurricane Idalia approaches Florida's Gulf coast. As of 4 p.m. Aug. 29, all base personnel have been evacuated and MacDill is closed and secured, an Air Force spokeswoman told Air & Space ...
To protect against future hurricanes, Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., is designing its facilities to meet stringent wind resistance standards and shake off storm surges.
While the Pentagon continues to experiment with technologies that could disable or destroy swarms of small drones, the Air Force’s acquisition lead on the effort is concerned about a lack of funding needed to meet the threat—and his office’s ability to convert promising efforts into ...
The general impression over the past few decades that U.S. air bases were somehow sanctuaries was a historical anomaly. The threat has grown qualitatively and quantitatively.
Members of Congress want to know how the Air Force plans to defend remote or forward-deployed airfields as part of its Agile Combat Employment strategy. By February 1, the House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee expects a report outlining the Secretary of ...
Gas is king in the vast expanse of the Pacific. And as the Pentagon has sought to build up its capability to deter China, the Department of Defense has undergone a major rethink about how to get fuel to the region. At the heart of the ...