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Justin Johnson, 325th Force Support Squadron military personnel flight commander, points to myEval on a monitor at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 23, 2022. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cheyenne Lewis.</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"><a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-announces-pause-of-much-maligned-myeval-platform/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;">Air Force Announces Pause of Much-Maligned ‘myEval’ Platform</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</p><p class="bodytext" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7;">Less than a year after announcing the rollout of a new online platform for evaluations, the Air Force is pausing use of the system amid a deluge of complaints from Airmen. The service initially promised that the platform, dubbed myEval, would be a “21st century IT application” and eventually include functions such as “click to sign” for forms and the auto-population of data. Such features, however, were not available upon launch in February, and complaints quickly began emerging on Reddit, Facebook, and other social media platforms.</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"><a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-advancing-ace-in-italian-hosted-f-35-exercise-hecker-says/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;">Air Force Advancing ACE in Italian-Hosted F-35 Exercise</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;">The U.S. and allied air forces engaged in a two-week exercise with F-35s over the skies of Italy and the Mediterranean Sea as part of a push by the U.S. Air Force to work better with allies and to operate from more bases in the region. An accompanying meeting of F-35 air chiefs included 11 countries.</p></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="https://ses-gs.com/govsat/defense-intelligence/boeing-explains-why-the-military-can-trust-mpower/"><img width="680" height="265" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2022/07/SES_DR_Aug22_680x265.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"><a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/austin-to-lawmakers-continuing-resolution-costing-pentagon-at-least-3-billion-per-month/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;">Austin to Lawmakers: Continuing Resolution Costing Pentagon ‘at Least $3 Billion’ Per Month</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</p><p class="bodytext" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7;">With less than three weeks left before Congress’ latest continuing resolution funding the government runs out, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III sent a letter to leading lawmakers, urging them to pass a spending bill before the start of 2023. Austin sent copies of the letter Nov. 28 to the top Republican and Democrat in both the House and Senate, as well as the chairs and ranking members of the Appropriations Committees in both chambers. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="https://www.usaa.com/inet/wc/auto-insurance"><img width="680" height="265" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2022/09/USAA_Oct22_DailyReport3_680x265.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"><a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/chiefs-part-10-dugan-the-invisible-chief/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;">Chiefs, Part 10: ‘The Invisible Chief’</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 Tobias Naegele</p><p class="bodytext" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7;">As part of Air & Space Forces Magazine’s commemoration of the Air Force’s 75th anniversary, we interviewed all of the living former Chiefs of Staff. In this final part of the series, we feature CSAF No. 13 Gen. Michael J. Dugan.</p></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="https://www.prattwhitney.com/products-and-services/products/military-engines/f135/f135-enhanced-engine-package?utm_medium=enews&utm_source=afadailyreport&utm_campaign=military&utm_content=f135-eep-smartdecision-680x265-english"><img width="680" height="265" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2022/07/PW_DR_Aug22_680x265.jpg" style="margin: 1.1em 0;"></a></td></tr><tr class="row-spacer" height="10"><td> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" class="tdia" style="padding: 1.1em; background-color: #f3efe9;"><p style="text-align: center; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #222222; font-weight: bold;">This Day in Airpower</p><h3 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 0.9em; color: #403e3c; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 0.4em;">Nov. 29, 1975</h3><h2 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;"><a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/this-day-in-airpower/november-29-1975/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;">First Red Flag Exercise Begins</a></h2><p class="bodytext-tdia" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #333333; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;"> <p>The first Red Flag exercise at Nellis AFB, Nev., begins a new era of highly realistic training for combat aircrews.</p> </p><div style="text-align: center; font-size: 1em; color: #fff; background-color: #5587A9; margin: 1em 1em 0.2em; padding: 0.6em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em"><b style="font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em;">Celebrating 75 Years of Air and Space Power</b><br/><div style='font-size: 1.3em;'>Platinum Sponsor: Google Cloud</div><div style='font-size: 1.2em;'>Gold Sponsors: Boeing | General Atomics | Lockheed Martin | Rolls-Royce</div><div style='font-size: 1.1em;'>Silver Sponsors: BAE | Collins Aerospace | GE Aviation | Gulfstream</div></div></td></tr><tr class="row-spacer" height="25"><td> </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;">Revealed: The Public Finally Gets to See the B-21 Stealth Bomber This Week </h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://www.defenseone.com/business/2022/11/revealed-public-finally-gets-see-b-21-stealth-bomber-week/380175/" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Defense One</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">Tom Jones has spent a good portion of his career not being able to tell his family what he does at work. He recalls sitting at the dinner table one night 30-plus years ago, unable to share with his spouse that, just hours earlier, he was read into a classified military project. Now president of Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems, Jones has overseen one of the military’s most important, anticipated, and secretive U.S. military projects: the B-21 Raider stealth bomber. On Dec. 2, inside a hangar in the California desert, he and the 8,000 others spread across 40 states who have been secretly building the Air Force’s new stealth bomber will finally get to show their family and friends what they’ve been working on the past seven years. </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;">Footage Shows Domestic Engine on China’s J-15 Fighter Jet </h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://www.defensenews.com/air/2022/11/28/footage-shows-domestic-engine-on-chinas-j-15-fighter-jet/" 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;">China appears to be fitting indigenous engines on its Shenyang J-15 Flying Shark, a carrier-borne fighter jet. Footage shown Nov. 17 on state-owned broadcaster CCTV showed a People’s Liberation Army Navy J-15 with the afterburner nozzles of the WS-10 Taihang turbofans undergoing calibration in preparation for a test flight at the facilities of manufacturer Shenyang Aircraft Corp. </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;">Air Force to Buy 45 Additional AESA Radars for F-16s </h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/us-air-force-to-buy-45-additional-aesa-radars-for-f-16-upgrades/151136.article" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Flight Global</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">The Air Force will spend nearly $100 million to purchase 45 additional Active Electronically Scanned Array radars from manufacturer Northrop Grumman. The contract announced by the Department of Defense, valued at $99.3 million, covers 42 production radars and three spare kits for the USAF’s fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets. </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;">PODCAST: ‘The Origins of B-21: Understanding the Imperative’ </h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://mitchellaerospacepower.org/episode-104-the-origins-of-b-21-understanding-the-imperative/" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">In Episode 104 of the Aerospace Advantage podcast, John Baum chats with a key set of individuals who were involved with the decisions that eventually yielded the B-21 program. Retired Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton was the commander of U.S. Strategic Command; retired USAF Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula was serving on the Air Staff; retired USAF Maj. Gen. Charlie Lyon was the lead for future Air Force capability requirements in the Pentagon; and Mark Gunzinger was in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The arrival of the B-21 into America’s air power arsenal stands as a crucially important step in rebuilding long-range strike capabilities and capacity in support of combatant commanders’ demands. The B-21’s Dec. 2 rollout is a critical juncture on the path to realizing this objective. However, this eventuality was not always a certainty. </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://simplisafe.com/afa?utm_medium=partnerdigital&utm_source=afa&utm_campaign=enews1nov2022" target="_blank"><img width="300" height="250" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2022/11/SimpliSafe_Nov22_DR_300x250.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;">Millennium Space’s Missile-Warning Satellite Clears Design Review </h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://spacenews.com/millennium-spaces-missile-warning-satellite-clears-design-review/" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">SpaceNews</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">Millennium Space Systems announced that its proposed satellite design for a Space Force missile-warning constellation passed a critical review. The company, a subsidiary of Boeing, is developing a sensor satellite for a constellation that the Space Force plans to field in medium Earth orbit (MEO) to detect and track hypersonic missiles. Millennium Space and Raytheon in May 2021 were selected to design separate MEO satellite concepts. </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;">US Says Russia Abruptly Postponed Arms Control Talks </h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://apnews.com/article/health-middle-east-africa-egypt-united-states-0a0df5766fb152ce9732f858f935d8d0" 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;">The Biden administration said Russia has abruptly and without explanation postponed the scheduled resumption of arms control talks. The State Department said Russia had “unilaterally postponed” a meeting of the Bilateral Consultative Commission that was scheduled to begin Nov. 29 in Egypt. It said Russia had promised to propose new dates but had offered no reason for the delay. </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: As F-15s Leave Okinawa, an Opportunity to Change Indo-Pacific Air Tactics With Unmanned Options </h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://breakingdefense.com/2022/11/as-f-15s-leave-okinawa-an-opportunity-to-change-indo-pacific-air-tactics-with-unmanned-options/?_ga=2.263979019.682968580.1669669547-1356295221.1668451387" 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;">The value of relatively low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles has become clearer by the day in Ukraine, causing war strategists to rethink the vehicles’ usefulness elsewhere. In this op-ed, David Ochmanek of the RAND Corp. argues that a recent move to pull F-15s out of an American base in Japan is a perfect opportunity for rethinking the military’s posture there—and where drones might fit in. </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;">China Poses Increasing Threat in Military Space Race, Top US General Says </h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/china-poses-increasing-threat-military-space-race-top-us-general-says-2022-11-28/" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Reuters</a> <em style="font-size: 0.8em;">(Subscription Required)</em></p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">Rapid advancements in China’s military capabilities pose increasing risks to American supremacy in outer space, said Nina Armagno, director of staff of the U.S. Space Force. Armagno said Beijing had made significant progress in developing military space technology, including in areas such as satellite communications and reusable spacecraft, which allow countries to rapidly scale up their space programs. </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;">Sneak Down The Chimney In This Very Stealthy Christmas Tree T-Shirt </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://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/sneak-down-the-chimney-in-this-very-stealthy-christmas-tree-t-shirt" target="_blank">The Drive</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;">Celebrate the season in stealth with the 'Silent Night' shirt depicting America's stealthy flying wings—B-2, B-21, RQ-180 (notional), X-47B/UCAV, and RQ-170—that make up a Christmas tree formation like none other. Oh, and of course, there’s an angel on top—the F-117 Nighthawk that started the stealth revolution. For this special mission to help Santa deliver some very exciting gifts to those on his naughty list, the group is flashing their navigation lights along the way out of pure festive cheer. 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Air Force Magazine Daily Report for Nov. 29, 2022 View in your Web Browser: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/daily-report/20221129/ Edited by Amanda Miller with Chris Gordon, Greg Hadley and Tobias Naegele -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] https://www.baesystems.com/en-us/product/eagle-passive-active-warning-survivability-system-epawss?utm_campaign=BAE+Marketing+22+EPAWSS&utm_source=Air+Force+Mag&utm_medium=Referral&utm_content=Daily+email+report&utm_term=Changing+the+EW+paradigm+-+September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Force Announces Pause of Much-Maligned ‘myEval’ Platform By Greg Hadley Less than a year after announcing the rollout of a new online platform for evaluations, the Air Force is pausing use of the system amid a deluge of complaints from Airmen. The service initially promised that the platform, dubbed myEval, would be a “21st century IT application” and eventually include functions such as “click to sign” for forms and the auto-population of data. Such features, however, were not available upon launch in February, and complaints quickly began emerging on Reddit, Facebook, and other social media platforms. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-announces-pause-of-much-maligned-myeval-platform/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Force Advancing ACE in Italian-Hosted F-35 Exercise By Chris Gordon The U.S. and allied air forces engaged in a two-week exercise with F-35s over the skies of Italy and the Mediterranean Sea as part of a push by the U.S. Air Force to work better with allies and to operate from more bases in the region. An accompanying meeting of F-35 air chiefs included 11 countries. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-advancing-ace-in-italian-hosted-f-35-exercise-hecker-says/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] https://ses-gs.com/govsat/defense-intelligence/boeing-explains-why-the-military-can-trust-mpower/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Austin to Lawmakers: Continuing Resolution Costing Pentagon ‘at Least $3 Billion’ Per Month By Greg Hadley With less than three weeks left before Congress’ latest continuing resolution funding the government runs out, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III sent a letter to leading lawmakers, urging them to pass a spending bill before the start of 2023. Austin sent copies of the letter Nov. 28 to the top Republican and Democrat in both the House and Senate, as well as the chairs and ranking members of the Appropriations Committees in both chambers. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/austin-to-lawmakers-continuing-resolution-costing-pentagon-at-least-3-billion-per-month/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] https://www.usaa.com/inet/wc/auto-insurance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chiefs, Part 10: ‘The Invisible Chief’ By Tobias Naegele As part of Air & Space Forces Magazine’s commemoration of the Air Force’s 75th anniversary, we interviewed all of the living former Chiefs of Staff. In this final part of the series, we feature CSAF No. 13 Gen. Michael J. Dugan. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/chiefs-part-10-dugan-the-invisible-chief/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] https://www.prattwhitney.com/products-and-services/products/military-engines/f135/f135-enhanced-engine-package?utm_medium=enews&utm_source=afadailyreport&utm_campaign=military&utm_content=f135-eep-smartdecision-680x265-english -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Day in Airpower Nov. 29, 1975: First Red Flag Exercise Begins The first Red Flag exercise at Nellis AFB, Nev., begins a new era of highly realistic training for combat aircrews. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Celebrating 75 Years of Air and Space Power Array | Array | Array -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radar Sweep -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revealed: The Public Finally Gets to See the B-21 Stealth Bomber This Week Tom Jones has spent a good portion of his career not being able to tell his family what he does at work. He recalls sitting at the dinner table one night 30-plus years ago, unable to share with his spouse that, just hours earlier, he was read into a classified military project. Now president of Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems, Jones has overseen one of the military’s most important, anticipated, and secretive U.S. military projects: the B-21 Raider stealth bomber. On Dec. 2, inside a hangar in the California desert, he and the 8,000 others spread across 40 states who have been secretly building the Air Force’s new stealth bomber will finally get to show their family and friends what they’ve been working on the past seven years. https://www.defenseone.com/business/2022/11/revealed-public-finally-gets-see-b-21-stealth-bomber-week/380175/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Footage Shows Domestic Engine on China’s J-15 Fighter Jet China appears to be fitting indigenous engines on its Shenyang J-15 Flying Shark, a carrier-borne fighter jet. Footage shown Nov. 17 on state-owned broadcaster CCTV showed a People’s Liberation Army Navy J-15 with the afterburner nozzles of the WS-10 Taihang turbofans undergoing calibration in preparation for a test flight at the facilities of manufacturer Shenyang Aircraft Corp. https://www.defensenews.com/air/2022/11/28/footage-shows-domestic-engine-on-chinas-j-15-fighter-jet/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Force to Buy 45 Additional AESA Radars for F-16s The Air Force will spend nearly $100 million to purchase 45 additional Active Electronically Scanned Array radars from manufacturer Northrop Grumman. The contract announced by the Department of Defense, valued at $99.3 million, covers 42 production radars and three spare kits for the USAF’s fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets. https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/us-air-force-to-buy-45-additional-aesa-radars-for-f-16-upgrades/151136.article -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PODCAST: ‘The Origins of B-21: Understanding the Imperative’ In Episode 104 of the Aerospace Advantage podcast, John Baum chats with a key set of individuals who were involved with the decisions that eventually yielded the B-21 program. Retired Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton was the commander of U.S. Strategic Command; retired USAF Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula was serving on the Air Staff; retired USAF Maj. Gen. Charlie Lyon was the lead for future Air Force capability requirements in the Pentagon; and Mark Gunzinger was in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The arrival of the B-21 into America’s air power arsenal stands as a crucially important step in rebuilding long-range strike capabilities and capacity in support of combatant commanders’ demands. The B-21’s Dec. 2 rollout is a critical juncture on the path to realizing this objective. However, this eventuality was not always a certainty. https://mitchellaerospacepower.org/episode-104-the-origins-of-b-21-understanding-the-imperative/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] https://simplisafe.com/afa?utm_medium=partnerdigital&utm_source=afa&utm_campaign=enews1nov2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Millennium Space’s Missile-Warning Satellite Clears Design Review Millennium Space Systems announced that its proposed satellite design for a Space Force missile-warning constellation passed a critical review. The company, a subsidiary of Boeing, is developing a sensor satellite for a constellation that the Space Force plans to field in medium Earth orbit (MEO) to detect and track hypersonic missiles. Millennium Space and Raytheon in May 2021 were selected to design separate MEO satellite concepts. https://spacenews.com/millennium-spaces-missile-warning-satellite-clears-design-review/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- US Says Russia Abruptly Postponed Arms Control Talks The Biden administration said Russia has abruptly and without explanation postponed the scheduled resumption of arms control talks. The State Department said Russia had “unilaterally postponed” a meeting of the Bilateral Consultative Commission that was scheduled to begin Nov. 29 in Egypt. It said Russia had promised to propose new dates but had offered no reason for the delay. https://apnews.com/article/health-middle-east-africa-egypt-united-states-0a0df5766fb152ce9732f858f935d8d0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPINION: As F-15s Leave Okinawa, an Opportunity to Change Indo-Pacific Air Tactics With Unmanned Options The value of relatively low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles has become clearer by the day in Ukraine, causing war strategists to rethink the vehicles’ usefulness elsewhere. In this op-ed, David Ochmanek of the RAND Corp. argues that a recent move to pull F-15s out of an American base in Japan is a perfect opportunity for rethinking the military’s posture there—and where drones might fit in. https://breakingdefense.com/2022/11/as-f-15s-leave-okinawa-an-opportunity-to-change-indo-pacific-air-tactics-with-unmanned-options/?_ga=2.263979019.682968580.1669669547-1356295221.1668451387 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- China Poses Increasing Threat in Military Space Race, Top US General Says Rapid advancements in China’s military capabilities pose increasing risks to American supremacy in outer space, said Nina Armagno, director of staff of the U.S. Space Force. Armagno said Beijing had made significant progress in developing military space technology, including in areas such as satellite communications and reusable spacecraft, which allow countries to rapidly scale up their space programs. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/china-poses-increasing-threat-military-space-race-top-us-general-says-2022-11-28/ (Subscription Required) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One More Thing... Sneak Down The Chimney In This Very Stealthy Christmas Tree T-Shirt Celebrate the season in stealth with the 'Silent Night' shirt depicting America's stealthy flying wings—B-2, B-21, RQ-180 (notional), X-47B/UCAV, and RQ-170—that make up a Christmas tree formation like none other. Oh, and of course, there’s an angel on top—the F-117 Nighthawk that started the stealth revolution. For this special mission to help Santa deliver some very exciting gifts to those on his naughty list, the group is flashing their navigation lights along the way out of pure festive cheer. 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