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>Space Force to Overhaul Radars Worldwide</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: CMSAF Wants to Train All Airmen on AI</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.afa.org/doolittle-leadership-center/podcast/" target="_blank"><img width="680" height="90" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2026/02/DLC_Podcast_DR_680x90.jpg"></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;">May 12, 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 and Stephen Losey</p></td></tr><tr class="view-in-browser"><td align="center"><a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/daily-report/20260512/?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="453" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2025/11/1125_Golden_Dome_UEWR.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/2025/11/1125_Golden_Dome_UEWR.jpg 2000w, https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2025/11/1125_Golden_Dome_UEWR-450x299.jpg 450w, https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2025/11/1125_Golden_Dome_UEWR-676x450.jpg 676w, https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2025/11/1125_Golden_Dome_UEWR-768x511.jpg 768w, https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2025/11/1125_Golden_Dome_UEWR-900x600.jpg 900w, https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2025/11/1125_Golden_Dome_UEWR-675x449.jpg 675w" sizes="(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px" /><em style='display: block; font-size: 0.8em; margin-bottom: 0.6em'>An Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) facility at Cape Cod Space Force Station, Mass., in 2024. The mission looks to surveil air and space to detect missile launches and high-interest satellites.<strong>Dave Grim/USSF</strong> </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/space-force-digital-overhaul-early-warning-surveillance-radars/?src=dr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;">Space Force to Overhaul Key Early Warning, Surveillance Radars Around the World</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;">The Space Force plans to overhaul eight legacy missile warning and space surveillance radars located around the world, taking them from analog to digital operations, according to a May 7 notice. </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/cmsaf-air-force-to-train-every-airman-on-ai/?src=dr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;">CMSAF: Air Force to Train Every Airman on AI</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;">Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David R. Wolfe said May 8 that the service is working on a new training program to ensure that every Airman is educated to use AI in their everyday job.</p></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="https://rtx.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=a-sf-daily-report&utm_campaign=rtx-brand&utm_content=connectprotect-f35"><img width="680" height="265" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2026/02/RTX_Feb26_ConnectProtect_680x265_F35.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/f-16-pilots-distinguished-flying-cross-operation-midnight-hammer/?src=dr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;">‘Doesn’t Happen Without These 6 Airmen’: F-16 Pilots Awarded DFCs for Midnight Hammer</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;">A half-dozen pilots from one of the Air Force’s premier F-16 units, the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., have been awarded one of the service’s highest decorations for their role in Operation Midnight Hammer, the June 2025 strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities.</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/air-force-rescue-units-pucs-afghanistan-evacuation/?src=dr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;">Air Force Rescue Units Awarded PUCs for Afghanistan Evacuation</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;">Two Air Force rescue squadrons recently received the the Presidential Unit Citation award for heroism displayed during the evacuation of Afghanistan, according to a May 10 announcement from Air Combat Command.</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/2026/03/MTS_March2026_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; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-reserve-f-35s-homestead/?src=dr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;">Air Force Reserve Wants to Put 24 F-35s at Homestead</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 Air Force wants to replace 24 F-16 Fighting Falcons at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Florida with an equal number of F-35A Joint Strike Fighters.</p></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="https://www.usaa.com/military?txid=OTH:TX1:MBATHE7NE5"><img width="680" height="265" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2025/11/USAA_Dec2025_InsuranceCapability_A2792_680x265px_01.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;">Trump Says Iran Ceasefire Is on ‘Life Support’ and Proposes Gas Tax Pause as Strait Stays Closed</h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-israel-china-war-may-11-2026-0e9067769efea20e9d45e3d43158ad8c" 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;">U.S. President Donald Trump on May 11 said the Iran ceasefire is on “life support” after rejecting Tehran’s latest proposal, which officials said included some nuclear concessions.</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 MQ-9 Downs Aerial Targets with Cheap Air-to-Air Missiles</h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2026/05/air-force-missiles-reaper-drones/413469/?oref=d1-featured-river-top" 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;">An Air Force MQ-9 drone has downed aerial targets with a relatively inexpensive air-to-air missile, part of the Pentagon’s quest for more cost-effective defense against drones.</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, Partner Nations Sink Two Decommissioned Ships During Exercise Balikatan</h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2026/05/11/us-partner-nations-sink-two-decommissioned-ships-during-exercise-balikatan/" 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;">United States, Philippine, Japanese, and Canadian forces combined land, sea, and air platforms to sink two decommissioned ships off the western Northern Luzon coast during Balikatan 2026 last week, according to a Defense Department release.</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;">Director of Pentagon’s Secretive Strategic Capabilities Office Lays Out Focus Areas</h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://defensescoop.com/2026/05/11/strategic-capabilities-office-sco-focus-areas-director-jay-dryer/" 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;">Much of the work of the Defense Department’s Strategic Capabilities Office is classified, but the secretive organization’s director recently shed light on the capability areas that the SCO is focused on.</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://shopafa.org/" target="_blank"><img width="300" height="250" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2026/02/ShopAFA_Jan2026_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;">C-5 Galaxies Now Slated to Keep Flying Until 2050 as Readiness Plummets to 37 Percent</h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://www.twz.com/air/c-5-galaxies-now-slated-to-keep-flying-until-2050-as-readiness-plummets-to-37-percent" 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 U.S. Air Force says it does not expect the last of its huge C-5M Galaxy cargo planes to be replaced by a Next-Generation Airlift (NGAL) platform until Fiscal Year 2050. This is roughly five years later than the retirement schedule for the C-5M fleet that the service had laid out last year. NGAL is also expected to supplant the C-17A Globemaster III, but the plan is for those aircraft to keep flying through 2075.</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;">SOCOM to Test SkyFi Satellite Imagery-to-Tablet Prototype</h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://breakingdefense.com/2026/05/socom-to-test-skyfi-satellite-imagery-to-tablet-prototype/" 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;">U.S. Special Operations Command has contracted Texas startup SkyFi to test a software platform built to deliver unclassified commercial satellite imagery directly to warfighters―including a capability for commanders in the field to task a satellite to provide images in near-real time, the company announced.</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;">New Navy Shipbuilding Plan: Trump-Class Battleship Will Be Nuclear-Powered, Carrier Design Is Under Review</h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://news.usni.org/2026/05/11/new-navy-shipbuilding-plan-trump-class-battleship-will-be-nuclear-powered-carrier-design-is-under-review" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">USNI News</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">The new Trump-class battleship will be powered by a nuclear reactor and is not a successor to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, the Navy revealed May 11 in its annual 30-year shipbuilding blueprint.</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 Experimenting with Using AI for Promotion Boards</h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/05/11/air-force-experimenting-with-using-ai-for-promotion-boards/" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Military Times</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 has quietly assembled an “AI Action Team” to help leaders think through ethical challenges, develop literacy in the force, and identify new applications for the tech, the service’s senior enlisted leader said this month.</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; 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Plaintext Version Air & Space Forces Magazine Daily Report for May 12, 2026 View in your Web Browser: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/daily-report/20260512/?src=dr Edited by Greg Hadley with Courtney Albon, Matthew Cox, Chris Gordon and Stephen Losey -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] https://www.afa.org/doolittle-leadership-center/podcast/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Space Force to Overhaul Key Early Warning, Surveillance Radars Around the World By Courtney Albon The Space Force plans to overhaul eight legacy missile warning and space surveillance radars located around the world, taking them from analog to digital operations, according to a May 7 notice. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/space-force-digital-overhaul-early-warning-surveillance-radars/?src=dr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CMSAF: Air Force to Train Every Airman on AI By Matthew Cox Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David R. Wolfe said May 8 that the service is working on a new training program to ensure that every Airman is educated to use AI in their everyday job. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/cmsaf-air-force-to-train-every-airman-on-ai/?src=dr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] https://rtx.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=a-sf-daily-report&utm_campaign=rtx-brand&utm_content=connectprotect-f35 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ‘Doesn’t Happen Without These 6 Airmen’: F-16 Pilots Awarded DFCs for Midnight Hammer By Chris Gordon A half-dozen pilots from one of the Air Force’s premier F-16 units, the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., have been awarded one of the service’s highest decorations for their role in Operation Midnight Hammer, the June 2025 strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/f-16-pilots-distinguished-flying-cross-operation-midnight-hammer/?src=dr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Force Rescue Units Awarded PUCs for Afghanistan Evacuation By Matthew Cox Two Air Force rescue squadrons recently received the the Presidential Unit Citation award for heroism displayed during the evacuation of Afghanistan, according to a May 10 announcement from Air Combat Command. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-rescue-units-pucs-afghanistan-evacuation/?src=dr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] https://www.marvintest.com/landing/smartcan3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Force Reserve Wants to Put 24 F-35s at Homestead By Stephen Losey The Air Force wants to replace 24 F-16 Fighting Falcons at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Florida with an equal number of F-35A Joint Strike Fighters. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-reserve-f-35s-homestead/?src=dr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] https://www.usaa.com/military?txid=OTH:TX1:MBATHE7NE5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radar Sweep -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trump Says Iran Ceasefire Is on ‘Life Support’ and Proposes Gas Tax Pause as Strait Stays Closed U.S. President Donald Trump on May 11 said the Iran ceasefire is on “life support” after rejecting Tehran’s latest proposal, which officials said included some nuclear concessions. https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-israel-china-war-may-11-2026-0e9067769efea20e9d45e3d43158ad8c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Force MQ-9 Downs Aerial Targets with Cheap Air-to-Air Missiles An Air Force MQ-9 drone has downed aerial targets with a relatively inexpensive air-to-air missile, part of the Pentagon’s quest for more cost-effective defense against drones. https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2026/05/air-force-missiles-reaper-drones/413469/?oref=d1-featured-river-top -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- US, Partner Nations Sink Two Decommissioned Ships During Exercise Balikatan United States, Philippine, Japanese, and Canadian forces combined land, sea, and air platforms to sink two decommissioned ships off the western Northern Luzon coast during Balikatan 2026 last week, according to a Defense Department release. https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2026/05/11/us-partner-nations-sink-two-decommissioned-ships-during-exercise-balikatan/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Director of Pentagon’s Secretive Strategic Capabilities Office Lays Out Focus Areas Much of the work of the Defense Department’s Strategic Capabilities Office is classified, but the secretive organization’s director recently shed light on the capability areas that the SCO is focused on. https://defensescoop.com/2026/05/11/strategic-capabilities-office-sco-focus-areas-director-jay-dryer/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] https://shopafa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C-5 Galaxies Now Slated to Keep Flying Until 2050 as Readiness Plummets to 37 Percent The U.S. Air Force says it does not expect the last of its huge C-5M Galaxy cargo planes to be replaced by a Next-Generation Airlift (NGAL) platform until Fiscal Year 2050. This is roughly five years later than the retirement schedule for the C-5M fleet that the service had laid out last year. NGAL is also expected to supplant the C-17A Globemaster III, but the plan is for those aircraft to keep flying through 2075. https://www.twz.com/air/c-5-galaxies-now-slated-to-keep-flying-until-2050-as-readiness-plummets-to-37-percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCOM to Test SkyFi Satellite Imagery-to-Tablet Prototype U.S. Special Operations Command has contracted Texas startup SkyFi to test a software platform built to deliver unclassified commercial satellite imagery directly to warfighters―including a capability for commanders in the field to task a satellite to provide images in near-real time, the company announced. https://breakingdefense.com/2026/05/socom-to-test-skyfi-satellite-imagery-to-tablet-prototype/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Navy Shipbuilding Plan: Trump-Class Battleship Will Be Nuclear-Powered, Carrier Design Is Under Review The new Trump-class battleship will be powered by a nuclear reactor and is not a successor to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, the Navy revealed May 11 in its annual 30-year shipbuilding blueprint. https://news.usni.org/2026/05/11/new-navy-shipbuilding-plan-trump-class-battleship-will-be-nuclear-powered-carrier-design-is-under-review -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Force Experimenting with Using AI for Promotion Boards The Air Force has quietly assembled an “AI Action Team” to help leaders think through ethical challenges, develop literacy in the force, and identify new applications for the tech, the service’s senior enlisted leader said this month. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/05/11/air-force-experimenting-with-using-ai-for-promotion-boards/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One More Thing... Air Force Charity Ends Gas Money Grants on First Day After Huge Demand A nonprofit group’s offer of $150 towards the rising cost of gas for Air Force and Space Force enlisted troops proved to be so popular that it ran out of money just hours after opening for applications, according to the group. https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-afas-gas-2026/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] www.givebutter.com/afa-80years -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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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