ACE Gets Real How USAF is evolving Agile Combat Employment informed by insights from Ukraine and Israel. By David Roza As the head of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Africa and NATO Allied Air Command, Gen. James B. Hecker...
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The Air Force is overhauling Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT), moving to a hybrid private/government instruction program that officials at Air Education and Training Command (AETC) expect will reduce overall course time while achieving, within two years, USAF’s elusive goal of...
Against the backdrop of the AFA Warfare Symposium in Denver, the Air & Space Forces Association’s United Forces & Families (F2) program hosted the “ENGAGE@AFA: MilSpouse Summit” on March 5. This first-of-its-kind gathering was designed to elevate the voices of...
Combat airpower requires more planes and more pilots to fly them. The U.S. Air Force is stretched thin by unrelenting rotational and contingency response demands, and its chronic pilot shortage just won’t go away. For more than a decade, the Air...
Tell us who you think we should highlight here. Write to afmag@afa.org Capt. Anna Mason transitioned from cadet to aeronautics instructor at the U.S. Air Force Academy, inspiring future Air Force leaders. Selected through the Graduate Studies Program Pipeline, she...
New Medal of Honor Museum Plays Down 21st Century Air Force Hero. Twenty-three years after his heroic death on a frozen Afghan peak, John Chapman is still fighting against the odds. Chapman, a combat controller with the 24th Special Tactics...
Arlington, Va. Maj. Gen. Larry Stutzriem, USAF (Ret.), has been promoted to Executive Vice President of the Air & Space Forces Association. Stutzriem was previously Director of Research at AFA’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, where he has held...
The Air Force is changing its policy for pregnant aircrew, generally reverting to rules set in 2019 that barred female aviators from flying during the first trimester—or from flying in aircraft with ejection seats at all—due to potential risks to the pilot and her unborn ...
Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, nominee to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Defense Department needs to upgrade its electronic warfare capability and its EW training ranges; just as his predecessor said at his own confirmation ...
