HTML Version <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><title>B-52s Deploy to Australia</title><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no"><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=9; IE=8; IE=7; IE=EDGE" /><style type="text/css">body { margin: 0 !important; } #overall-container table { max-width: 680px !important; } @media only screen and (max-width: 480px) { body { width:100% !important; min-width:100% !important; } table, td { max-width: 100% !important; } table#email-container { width: 100% !important; } img { max-width: 100% !important; height: auto !important; } .bodytext, h2.article-title { margin: 0.8em !important; } .article-hr { margin: 1.0em 0.5em !important; } .footer-small p, .footer-small a { font-size: 0.4em !important; } .wp-post-image { margin: 0.3em 0 !important; } .editors-note { padding: 0.5em 0.8em !important; } }</style></head><body><div style="display: none; font-size: 1px; color: #333333; line-height: 1px; max-height: 0px; max-width: 0px; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden;">PLUS: Schiess Takes Over as CSO and M18 Pistol Inspection Results</div><table id="overall-container" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><table id="email-container" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 680px;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://www.rolls-royce.com/products-and-services/defence/the-ae-engine-story.aspx?utm_source=campaign-monitor&utm_medium=advertising&utm_campaign=afaasc26_afadaily_em&utm_content=readiness_engine" target="_blank"><img width="680" height="90" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2026/08/RR_Sept26_GTP_10853_680x90-DailyReport_v02-OL.png"></a></td></tr><tr class="logo"><td align="center"><img style="margin: 0;" alt="airforcemag daily report logo" height="92" width="450" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/Image/AFM_Daily_Report.jpg"></td></tr><tr class="date"><td align="center"><p class="bodytext" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #1E4A85; font-weight: bold; margin: 0 0 .8em !important;">Sept. 4, 2026</p></td></tr><tr class="date"><td align="center"><p class="article-author" style="font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: normal; margin: 0 0 0.8em;">Edited by Greg Hadley with Courtney Albon, Matthew Cox, Chris Gordon, Stephen Losey and Todd South</p></td></tr><tr class="view-in-browser"><td align="center"><a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/daily-report/20260904/?src=dr" style="background: #3F6EB2; border-radius: 9px; color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; padding: 0.8em 2em; display: inline-block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: .7em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em;" target="_blank">View In Browser</a></td></tr><tr class="featured-image"><td align="center"><img width="680" height="452" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2026/09/260901-F-MU027-2232-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-680x9999 size-680x9999 wp-post-image" alt="" style="width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 0.8em 0 0.1em;" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2026/09/260901-F-MU027-2232-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2026/09/260901-F-MU027-2232-450x299.jpg 450w, https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2026/09/260901-F-MU027-2232-676x450.jpg 676w, https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2026/09/260901-F-MU027-2232-768x511.jpg 768w, https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2026/09/260901-F-MU027-2232-900x600.jpg 900w, https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2026/09/260901-F-MU027-2232-675x449.jpg 675w" sizes="(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px" /><em style='display: block; font-size: 0.8em; margin-bottom: 0.6em'>A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft, assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing, lands at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, during Bomber Task Force 26-3, Sept. 1, 2026. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Victoria Boyton</em></td></tr><tr class="article"><td><h2 class="article-title" style="font-size: 1.1em; text-align: center; margin: 0; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0.8em 0; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/b-52-bomber-task-force-australia-raaf-base-tindal/?src=dr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;">B-52s Deploy for Bomber Task Force to Australia’s New BUFF Base</a></h2><p class="article-author" style="font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: normal; margin: 0.8em 0;">By Chris Gordon</p><p class="bodytext" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7;">Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers landed at a northern Australian air base this week, a major display of the U.S. military’s ability to project force in the Pacific. </p></td></tr><tr><td><hr class="article-hr" style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr class="article"><td><h2 class="article-title" style="font-size: 1.1em; text-align: center; margin: 0; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0.8em 0; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/schiess-new-chief-of-space-operations-space-force/?src=dr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;">Schiess Sworn in as New Space Force Chief: ‘We Must Grow with Intention’</a></h2><p class="article-author" style="font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: normal; margin: 0.8em 0;">By Courtney Albon</p><p class="bodytext" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7;">Gen. Douglas Schiess assumed leadership of the Space Force on Sept. 3, succeeding Gen. B. Chance Saltzman as Chief of Space Operations during a change of responsibility ceremony here. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="https://www.rise8.us/clp/guarantee?utm_source=afa&utm_medium=Partner&utm_campaign=51741075-AFA%20Cyber%202026&utm_content=newsletter-banner"><img width="680" height="265" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2026/08/Rise8_AFA26_news_alert_680x265_V2.png" style="margin: 1.1em 0;"></a></td></tr><tr class="article"><td><h2 class="article-title" style="font-size: 1.1em; text-align: center; margin: 0; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0.8em 0; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-releases-force-wide-m18-safety-inspection-results/?src=dr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;">Air Force Releases Results from Inspections of M18 Pistols</a></h2><p class="article-author" style="font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: normal; margin: 0.8em 0;">By Matthew Cox</p><p class="bodytext" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7;">The Air Force has ruled the M18 service pistol is “safe and reliable” after inspecting more than 100,000 of the service’s 9mm pistols, according to a Sept. 2 announcement. Leaders ordered a force-wide inspection after a July 20, 2025, discharge of an M18 killed an on-duty security forces Airman at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.</p></td></tr><tr><td><hr class="article-hr" style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr class="article"><td><h2 class="article-title" style="font-size: 1.1em; text-align: center; margin: 0; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0.8em 0; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/what-an-f-35-costs-right-now-variants-2026/?src=dr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;">What Each F-35 Variant Really Costs Right Now</a></h2><p class="article-author" style="font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: normal; margin: 0.8em 0;">By Stephen Losey</p><p class="bodytext" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7;">The base cost of an F-35A, the Air Force variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, is going up 11.5 percent from $82.5 million to $92 million for the latest lots of the fifth-generation aircraft, Air & Space Forces Magazine has confirmed.</p></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href=" https://www.marvintest.com/landing/smartcan3"><img width="680" height="265" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2026/08/Marvin-Test_Sept26_AD1_680x265-A.jpg" style="margin: 1.1em 0;"></a></td></tr><tr class="article"><td><h2 class="article-title" style="font-size: 1.1em; text-align: center; margin: 0; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0.8em 0; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/last-ec-130h-makes-its-final-flight-ahead-of-retirement/?src=dr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;">Last EC-130H Makes Its Final Flight Ahead of Retirement</a></h2><p class="article-author" style="font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: normal; margin: 0.8em 0;">By Greg Hadley and Todd South</p><p class="bodytext" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7;">The last EC-130H Compass Call in the Air Force’s active inventory made its final flight Sept. 2, as the service prepares to retire the venerable electronic warfare aircraft and pivot to the new EA-37B.</p></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="https://armynavy.usaaevents.com"><img width="680" height="265" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2026/05/USAA_June26_DR_680x265.jpg" style="margin: 1.1em 0;"></a></td></tr><tr class="row-spacer" height="25"><td> </td></tr><tr><td align="center" class="radar-sweep" style="background-color: #F4F5F9;"><table id="radar-sweep" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" valign="top" width="90%"></tbody><tr class="row-spacer" height="24"><td> </td></tr><tr class="title""><td align="center"><h3 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.3em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold;">Radar Sweep</h3></td></tr><tr class="row-spacer" height=12><td> </td></tr><tr><td align="left"><h2 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">UK Government Commits to Boom Refueling for RAF Tankers</h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://www.twz.com/air/uk-government-commits-to-boom-refueling-for-raf-tankers" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">The War Zone</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">The United Kingdom is moving toward adding a flying-boom aerial refueling capability to the Royal Air Force, a requirement being driven in large part by the future Tempest combat jet, being developed under the Global Combat Air Program initiative.</p></td></tr><tr><td><hr style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #dddddd; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><h2 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">Defense Firms Soar on Ample Military Spending, Testing Manufacturing Schemes</h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2026/09/03/defense-firms-soar-on-ample-military-spending-testing-manufacturing-schemes/" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Defense News</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">The year 2025 was another record setter for global defense companies, so much so that production bottlenecks in Western nations—not the usual industry lamentations about lacking government spending—began creeping up as the key problem many NATO countries are facing today.</p></td></tr><tr><td><hr style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #dddddd; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><h2 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">Hermeus Picks Anduril Autonomy for Quarterhorse Drone</h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://breakingdefense.com/2026/09/hermeus-picks-anduril-autonomy-for-quarterhorse-drone/" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Breaking Defense</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">Aircraft startup Hermeus’s Mk 2 Quarterhorse high-speed drone will be equipped with autonomy software provided by defense tech firm Anduril, the two companies exclusively told Breaking Defense.</p></td></tr><tr><td><hr style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #dddddd; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><h2 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">OPINION: To Counter China, America’s Next CCA Needs a Different Mission</h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://breakingdefense.com/2026/09/to-counter-china-americas-next-cca-needs-a-different-mission/" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Breaking Defense</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">“To safeguard its high-value airborne assets, the Air Force can acquire more fighters, develop new HVAA, or use space-based sensing. Or it can, and should, make protection of HVAA the primary mission of the second increment of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft program,” writes Greg Malandrino, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and a retired fighter pilot with over 25 years of naval service.</p></td></tr><tr><td><hr style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #dddddd; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><h2 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">Pentagon Kicks Off Pursuit of Mobile SCIFs to Aid Defense Companies</h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://defensescoop.com/2026/09/03/mobile-scif-secure-space-network/" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">DefenseScoop</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">The Defense Department on Sept. 3 launched a new initiative aimed at helping small businesses and other innovators gain access to facilities where they can do classified work.</p></td></tr><tr><td><hr style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #dddddd; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="https://www.uav.com/" target="_blank"><img width="300" height="250" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2026/08/GA_2608_FQ-42A_FORCE_MULTIPLIED_Digital_300x250px_L23463.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td><hr style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #dddddd; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><h2 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">Air Force Uses C-130Js to Deliver Relief Supplies, Equipment to Nepal After Flash Floods</h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-military/2026/09/03/air-force-uses-c-130js-to-deliver-relief-supplies-equipment-to-nepal-after-flash-floods/" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Air Force Times</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">The U.S. Air Force provided relief supplies and equipment to Nepal following flash floods in the South Asian country that have killed over 1,000 people. The service used two C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft from Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Sept. 2 to provide bobcat front loaders, first aid kits, stretchers and specialized disaster victim recovery supplies</p></td></tr><tr><td><hr style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #dddddd; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><h2 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">Trump Announces Telle as Acting Army Secretary Following Driscoll’s Resignation </h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6070592-trump-adam-telle-army-secretary-announcement/" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">The Hill</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">President Trump announced late Sept. 3 that Adam Telle, the current assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, will be the acting Army secretary following this week’s resignation of Dan Driscoll. </p></td></tr><tr><td><hr style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #dddddd; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><h2 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">Trump Turns to a Dual Economic and Military Approach in Latest Attempt to Squeeze Iran</h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-rubio-bessent-strikes-sanctions-73779f36e4b09480c5430d72f4385e23" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">The Associated Press</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">Confronted by an intransigent Iranian government that has refused to back down in the face of a massive military campaign, President Donald Trump appears to have settled on a dual-prong approach that combines economic pressure with the potential of a devastating escalation in force.</p></td></tr><tr><td><hr style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #dddddd; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><h2 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">Pentagon Temporarily Rescinds Mandatory Testosterone Screening One Day After Issuing Guidance</h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://www.military.com/pentagon-temporarily-rescinds-mandatory-testosterone-screening-for-troops-one-day-after-issuing-guidance" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Military.com</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">The Pentagon has temporarily rescinded the mandatory testosterone-screening guidance it issued just a day earlier, removing the document from its website while saying interim guidance remains in effect.</p></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="dark-block" style="margin: 1em 0; background: #F4F5F9;" valign="top" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="row-spacer" height="25"><td style="background: #1f2a39; border-color: #1f2a39; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px;"> </td></tr><tr><td style="background: #1f2a39;" align="center"><table width="90%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><h3 style="font-size: 1em; color: #dddddd; margin: 0; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.8em; font-weight: normal">One More Thing</h3><h2 style="font-size: 1em; color: #eeeeee; margin: 0; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: 0.01em;">Vance Promises Help for Widow of Air Force Major Alex Klinner</h2><p class="bodytext-radar"><a style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; color: #dddddd; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.03em; text-decoration: underline #bbbbbb solid;" href="https://abc3340.com/news/local/vance-promises-help-for-trussville-widow-of-air-force-major-alex-klinner" target="_blank">WBMA</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0; color: #eeeeee; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.01em;">ice President JD Vance says the Trump administration will personally work to ensure the widow of an Air Force major killed during Operation Epic Fury receives the benefits she is entitled to.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class="row-spacer" height="25"><td style="background: #1f2a39; border-color: #1f2a39; border-bottom-left-radius: 9px; border-bottom-right-radius: 9px;"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="https://www.rtx.com/news?path=/news/campaigns/afa/&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=airandspaceforces&utm_campaign=rtx-brand&utm_content=perspective-F35-bank_AFA" target="_blank"><img width="680" height="265" style="margin: 0.8em 0;" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2026/08/RTX_Perspective_F35_Banking_680x265.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="padding: 1.1em 0 1em; text-align: center; 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Plaintext Version Air & Space Forces Magazine Daily Report for Sept. 4, 2026 View in your Web Browser: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/daily-report/20260904/?src=dr Edited by Greg Hadley with Courtney Albon, Matthew Cox, Chris Gordon, Stephen Losey and Todd South -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] https://www.rolls-royce.com/products-and-services/defence/the-ae-engine-story.aspx?utm_source=campaign-monitor&utm_medium=advertising&utm_campaign=afaasc26_afadaily_em&utm_content=readiness_engine -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B-52s Deploy for Bomber Task Force to Australia’s New BUFF Base By Chris Gordon Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers landed at a northern Australian air base this week, a major display of the U.S. military’s ability to project force in the Pacific. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/b-52-bomber-task-force-australia-raaf-base-tindal/?src=dr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Schiess Sworn in as New Space Force Chief: ‘We Must Grow with Intention’ By Courtney Albon Gen. Douglas Schiess assumed leadership of the Space Force on Sept. 3, succeeding Gen. B. Chance Saltzman as Chief of Space Operations during a change of responsibility ceremony here. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/schiess-new-chief-of-space-operations-space-force/?src=dr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] https://www.rise8.us/clp/guarantee?utm_source=afa&utm_medium=Partner&utm_campaign=51741075-AFA%20Cyber%202026&utm_content=newsletter-banner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Force Releases Results from Inspections of M18 Pistols By Matthew Cox The Air Force has ruled the M18 service pistol is “safe and reliable” after inspecting more than 100,000 of the service’s 9mm pistols, according to a Sept. 2 announcement. Leaders ordered a force-wide inspection after a July 20, 2025, discharge of an M18 killed an on-duty security forces Airman at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-releases-force-wide-m18-safety-inspection-results/?src=dr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What Each F-35 Variant Really Costs Right Now By Stephen Losey The base cost of an F-35A, the Air Force variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, is going up 11.5 percent from $82.5 million to $92 million for the latest lots of the fifth-generation aircraft, Air & Space Forces Magazine has confirmed. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/what-an-f-35-costs-right-now-variants-2026/?src=dr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] https://www.marvintest.com/landing/smartcan3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last EC-130H Makes Its Final Flight Ahead of Retirement By Greg Hadley and Todd South The last EC-130H Compass Call in the Air Force’s active inventory made its final flight Sept. 2, as the service prepares to retire the venerable electronic warfare aircraft and pivot to the new EA-37B. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/last-ec-130h-makes-its-final-flight-ahead-of-retirement/?src=dr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] https://armynavy.usaaevents.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radar Sweep -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UK Government Commits to Boom Refueling for RAF Tankers The United Kingdom is moving toward adding a flying-boom aerial refueling capability to the Royal Air Force, a requirement being driven in large part by the future Tempest combat jet, being developed under the Global Combat Air Program initiative. https://www.twz.com/air/uk-government-commits-to-boom-refueling-for-raf-tankers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Defense Firms Soar on Ample Military Spending, Testing Manufacturing Schemes The year 2025 was another record setter for global defense companies, so much so that production bottlenecks in Western nations—not the usual industry lamentations about lacking government spending—began creeping up as the key problem many NATO countries are facing today. https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2026/09/03/defense-firms-soar-on-ample-military-spending-testing-manufacturing-schemes/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hermeus Picks Anduril Autonomy for Quarterhorse Drone Aircraft startup Hermeus’s Mk 2 Quarterhorse high-speed drone will be equipped with autonomy software provided by defense tech firm Anduril, the two companies exclusively told Breaking Defense. https://breakingdefense.com/2026/09/hermeus-picks-anduril-autonomy-for-quarterhorse-drone/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPINION: To Counter China, America’s Next CCA Needs a Different Mission “To safeguard its high-value airborne assets, the Air Force can acquire more fighters, develop new HVAA, or use space-based sensing. Or it can, and should, make protection of HVAA the primary mission of the second increment of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft program,” writes Greg Malandrino, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and a retired fighter pilot with over 25 years of naval service. https://breakingdefense.com/2026/09/to-counter-china-americas-next-cca-needs-a-different-mission/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pentagon Kicks Off Pursuit of Mobile SCIFs to Aid Defense Companies The Defense Department on Sept. 3 launched a new initiative aimed at helping small businesses and other innovators gain access to facilities where they can do classified work. https://defensescoop.com/2026/09/03/mobile-scif-secure-space-network/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] https://www.uav.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Force Uses C-130Js to Deliver Relief Supplies, Equipment to Nepal After Flash Floods The U.S. Air Force provided relief supplies and equipment to Nepal following flash floods in the South Asian country that have killed over 1,000 people. The service used two C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft from Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Sept. 2 to provide bobcat front loaders, first aid kits, stretchers and specialized disaster victim recovery supplies https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-military/2026/09/03/air-force-uses-c-130js-to-deliver-relief-supplies-equipment-to-nepal-after-flash-floods/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trump Announces Telle as Acting Army Secretary Following Driscoll’s Resignation President Trump announced late Sept. 3 that Adam Telle, the current assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, will be the acting Army secretary following this week’s resignation of Dan Driscoll. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6070592-trump-adam-telle-army-secretary-announcement/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trump Turns to a Dual Economic and Military Approach in Latest Attempt to Squeeze Iran Confronted by an intransigent Iranian government that has refused to back down in the face of a massive military campaign, President Donald Trump appears to have settled on a dual-prong approach that combines economic pressure with the potential of a devastating escalation in force. https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-rubio-bessent-strikes-sanctions-73779f36e4b09480c5430d72f4385e23 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pentagon Temporarily Rescinds Mandatory Testosterone Screening One Day After Issuing Guidance The Pentagon has temporarily rescinded the mandatory testosterone-screening guidance it issued just a day earlier, removing the document from its website while saying interim guidance remains in effect. https://www.military.com/pentagon-temporarily-rescinds-mandatory-testosterone-screening-for-troops-one-day-after-issuing-guidance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One More Thing... Vance Promises Help for Widow of Air Force Major Alex Klinner ice President JD Vance says the Trump administration will personally work to ensure the widow of an Air Force major killed during Operation Epic Fury receives the benefits she is entitled to. https://abc3340.com/news/local/vance-promises-help-for-trussville-widow-of-air-force-major-alex-klinner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] https://www.rtx.com/news?path=/news/campaigns/afa/&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=airandspaceforces&utm_campaign=rtx-brand&utm_content=perspective-F35-bank_AFA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Daily Report: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/daily-report/ - Contact Us: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/contact-us/ - Advertise With Us: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/advertise/ - Purchase/Reprint: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/reprint-permission/ - Air & Space Forces Assoc.: https://www.afa.org - Join AFA: https://www.afa.org/join/ - A&SF Mag on Facebook: https://facebook.com/ASForcesMag - A&SF Mag on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ASForcesMag -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published by the Air & Space Forces Association All airandspaceforces.com material is under copyright of the Air & Space Forces Association. 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