Welsh’s Assumptions

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgWhen the new fiscal year begins on Oct. 1—just 12 days from...

Total Force Integration

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThe Air Force’s emphasis on the Total Force is not going away...

“Out-Asymmetrize”

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgOne of the questions facing US forces as they shrink to live...

First Things First

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThe Air Force must take care not to become complacent after the...

Refining NCO Special Duties

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgAs the Air Force transitions to a smaller force, CMSAF James Cody...

Roll Call is Back

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThe Air Force is bringing back Roll Call, the once-regular bulletin for...

AEHF-3 Launched into Orbit

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThe Air Force and its industry partners launched AEHF-3, the third Advanced...

No Apologies for Nuke Standards

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgAir Force Global Strike Command has racked up a high readiness rate...

Training without the Magic

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgPotential US adversaries “have spent buckets of money” to acquire capabilities to...

Future Air Force Training

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgAir Education and Training Command chief Gen. Edward Rice said on Wednesday...

Air Defense and Access in Asia

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgWhile Pacific Air Forces commanders often make note of the size of...

Outlining Priorities for the Guard

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgNational Guard Bureau Chief Army Gen. Frank Grass said he has four...

Building Partnerships

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThe National Guard Bureau hopes to add four new state partnerships to...

Turning the Corner

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThe F-35 program is “really, really close” to turning the corner and...

Twenty-Two Percent is Real

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgPress reports about F-35 lifecycle costs—indicating that the new estimate is $857...

A Broad Front

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgProgress on the F-35 strike fighter is “slow and steady,” and that’s...

End of the Line

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgBoeing will end C-17 production in 2015 and close its C-17 final...

KC-10s for KC-46s?

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThe Air Force may have to make a vertical cut and lose...

Too Many C-130s?

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThere’s likely to be a reduction of perhaps 40 or so C-130s,...

Give Liberty Death

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThe Air Force’s MC-12W Liberty surveillance aircraft seems destined for the chopping...

Warthogs and All

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThe A-10 also seems to be a goner if budget sequestration goes...

But Who Will Agree?

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgPolitics will ultimately decide whether the Air Force can make some of...

Save the Eagles

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgDespite the strong suggestions from top Air Force leaders that only multi-mission...

End of 65 Caps

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThough achieving 65 combat air patrols of MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper...