The Air Staff recently asked RAND to look at what the Air Force could do with the current ICBM force of Minuteman III missiles after 2030, said Chad Ohlandt, an associate engineer with RAND. What the research organization found was...

The vast sums of intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance information utilized by the US military and national security apparatus have transformed how the nation prosecutes wars in the 21st century, said retired Lt. Gen. David Deptula, former head of the ISR on the Air...

Retired Army Gen. John Abizaid, former head of US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, will head the independent panel that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is assembling to review the procedures at the Air Force-run military mortuary at Dover AFB, Del.,...

The US military still controls seven bases in Iraq, six of which are scheduled to transition to the Iraqi government, while the remaining one will shift to US State Department oversight, Army Brig. Gen. Bradley Becker, deputy commanding general for...

The domain of space has fundamentally changed since the end of the Cold War, and in the 21st century, the United States will be one of many players on orbit, said Lt. Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, commander of the Space and...

Bombers are becoming an “incredibly important” asset in the Air Force’s shrinking tool box and offer an excellent way to send messages to potential adversaries, said retired Lt. Gen. Robert Elder, a former commander of USAF’s nuclear-capable bomber force. Putting...

If the Air Force wants to bring hypersonic speed to military systems, it should probably focus on weapons first, said Mark Lewis, University of Maryland professor and former Air Force chief scientist. Hypersonic weapons—loosely defined as those traveling at five...

Air Force and Navy planners shaping the fledgling AirSea Battle concept could benefit by incorporating facets of past joint-service warfighting initiatives, said Alan Vick, RAND senior analyst. Speaking last week at AFA’s Global Warfare Symposium in Los Angeles, Vick suggested...

Commercial space is playing a big part in current military operations, and the industry must prepare for a future in which the space environment isn’t as friendly and permissive as today, said Kay Sears, president of Intelsat General, a satellite...

The prevailing narrative in the United States is that this year’s “Arab Spring” revolutions in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and elsewhere will result in a net loss of American influence in the region, and that this will, in turn, harm US...

Lockheed Martin completed assembly of the first international F-35 strike fighter, an airframe for Britain, announced the company Tuesday. This aircraft, designated BK-1, is in the F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing configuration. It left Lockheed’s production line at Fort...