The Air Force’s ability to dominate the skies may come into question in some threat scenarios if the service’s budget is severely reduced, Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Philip Breedlove told members of the House Armed Services Committee’s readiness panel...

Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Philip Breedlove told House lawmakers Thursday that the Air Force will “not back off of the requirement” to deliver goods to ground forces in austere locations. But he said it’s no longer clear...

The UN Security Council on Thursday approved a resolution ending NATO’s military activities in Libya. The 15-member council unanimously adopted the measure, under which authorization for NATO’s seven-month military intervention in the North African nation will lapse at the end...

Defense is going to lose the budget battle if Congress can’t agree on ways to increase revenues or cut mandatory programs, said Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), House Armed Services Committee ranking member. “Simply arguing about the defense budget and saying,...

Congress needs to come up with a 10-year strategy that works toward balancing the budget and reducing the deficit, while protecting America’s national security interests, said Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) Thursday. In other words, it needs to figure out how...

The 27th Fighter Squadron at JB Langley-Eustis, Va., has commenced initial operations with its T-38 adversary aircraft. “Our whole mission requires us to train against the Raptor,” Col. Derek Wyler, 27th FS director of T-38 operations, told the Daily Report...

The T-38 Adversary Air Program at JB Langley-Eustis, Va., hopes to begin flying eight sorties a day, up from an average of six, dueling the 1st Fighter Wing’s F-22 Raptors. “We have very limited full-time manning positions [two to be...

Montana Air National Guard F-15s will continue protecting Hawaiian skies, extending their mission at JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, through next September, reports the Great Falls Tribune. Six F-15s of the 120th Fighter Wing in Great Falls deployed to Hickam last...

Members of the 56th Rescue Squadron from RAF Lakenheath, Britain, parachuted with European combat rescue forces in a crash-recovery scenario, capping a week of joint training. The European Air Group Combined Joint Personnel Standardization Course “has been held for the...

The German government is considering drastically clipping fighter and airlift recapitalization as well as remotely piloted aircraft procurement under continuing austerity plans. Under a proposal put forth by German defense minister Thomas de Maiziere, Eurofighter procurement would be trimmed from...