The Air Force does not have enough remotely piloted aircraft operators to safely and effectively bear the workload of current operations and the service may find it difficult to retain them, according to the Government Accountability Office. When the Air...
The Air Force is finding it “increasingly difficult to maintain” its advantage in contested environments, following more than a decade of fighting simultaneous wars in virtually uncontested air space, said USAF Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry Spencer. “The cornerstone...
The close air support mission is larger than any one aircraft, said Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Wissler, commander of 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force. “I think the A-10 is a great platform, but I also know the challenges the Air...
Joint amphibious operations, with dispersed aviation support from short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft, will be a critical tool in countering anti-access, area-denial challenges in the Pacific, the commander of 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force told reporters Friday. Exercise Ssang Yong...
Six F-16s from Aviano AB, Italy, arrived in Romania for a two-week air-to-air and air-to-ground interoperability exercise with Romanian air force Mig-21s last week. “This exercise has been planned for over a year now,” said Lt. Col. Christopher Austin, 510th...
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, likened sexual assault in the military to “an insider attack,” saying the comparison “is the perfect description of what happens in a sexual assault: it’s where one of our...
The X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstration team has been named the 2013 winner of the National Aeronautic Association’s Collier trophy, announced Northrop Grumman. “It is a tremendous honor to be selected as this year’s winner,” said Carl Johnson, vice...
Alaska F-22 pilots shot down a target drone with AIM-120 air-to-air missiles during a Combat Archer weapon system evaluation at Tyndall AFB, Fla., late last month. “A lot of the young guys have never seen what it looks like to...