The Trump administration has offered a 15-point ceasefire plan to Iran, according to a person briefed on the contours of the proposal, even as the U.S. military is preparing to call up at least 1,000 more troops to supplement some 50,000 troops already in the region.
The Pentagon is preparing to deploy about 3,000 troops from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, adding to the thousands of Marines already headed to the region to assist with operations in Iran.
“Whether the U.S. Air Force requires a larger, modern fighter force is no longer an open question—it does. China’s military is on track to have the largest fighter force in the world, surpassing the United States in comparative numbers within this decade. This represents a dangerous shift in the global military balance. At the same time, instability from Eastern Europe to the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific continues to drive demand for advanced American airpower. While Operation Epic Fury results over Iran to date are impressive, the scale and scope of that conflict pales in comparison to what we would require for a larger conflict,” writes retired Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula, dean of AFA’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.
A recent Air Force industry survey is seeking to “benchmark” the progress of a Northrop Grumman radar-killing missile, but the Air Force “[a]t this time” is not considering canceling the project or replacing Northrop as its prime contractor, according to a service spokesperson.
Top cyber officials on March 24 outlined the stakes around the military’s digital hiring pipeline as the broader force attempts to implement a sweeping new talent-management model and the war with Iran nears its one-month mark.
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The Air Force’s KC-46A Pegasus tanker has not reached full operational standards despite being deployed in restricted service, a key Pentagon report said.
The Space Force has awarded Kratos Technology and Training Solutions a new award worth up to $446.8 million to build the ground system for the service’s medium Earth orbit constellation to track ballistic and hypersonic cruise missiles.
F-35Cs from the U.S. Marine Corps are the latest fighters poised to deploy to the Middle East region for Operation Epic Fury. The movement of these aircraft to RAF Lakenheath in England signals what is set to be the first land-based combat deployment for the F-35C, the carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter flown by both the Navy and Marine Corps.
An Israeli strike on a naval outpost in the Caspian Sea targeted Russia’s support for Iran in the war, hitting a supply line that the countries have used to move ammunition, drones, and other weaponry, people familiar with the matter said.
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