The 12 aircraft that will comprise the first operational squadron of Air Force F-35As are still under construction, service F-35 integration director Maj. Gen. Jeff Harrigian said during an AFA Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies event. F-35A number “77 is...

The Air Force has mapped out its operational F-35 base deployment plans through 2021, said Air Force F-35 integration director Maj. Gen. Jeff Harrigian, during a May 21 AFA Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies event in Arlington, Va. First up...

The F-35 steering committee—the acquisition leaders for the 11 partner countries—will meet in Norway this week to wrestle with maintenance and sustainment issues, government and industry officials said. On the agenda in Oslo are the Autonomic Information Logistics System (ALIS),...

Maj. Gen. James Hecker, director of plans, programs, and requirements at Air Combat Command headquarters, has been named the next 19th Air Force commander. Hecker will replace Maj. Gen. Michael Keltz, who resigned from the position on April 30 after...

Two B-52s will simulate a naval strike mission off the coast of Eastern Sweden as part of the NATO-led multinational exercise BALTOPS next month, reported Radio Sweden. “The main objective is to increase the different operative capabilities, but also to...

The National Guard Bureau selected Kentucky to officially partner with the Republic of Djibouti under the guard’s State Partnership Program, officials announced. The state’s Army and Air National Guard units already engage in capacity building and military-to-military engagements with the...

As part of efforts to build joint readiness between US Air Force and Republic of Korea Air Force units, the 36th Fighter Squadron at Osan AB, South Korea, recently hosted Buddy Wing 15-3 to hone the air-to-air combat skills of...

The 28 NATO chiefs of defense met in Brussels, Belgium, last week, to discuss challenges the Alliance faces in the coming months regarding crisis both to its East and to the South. Danish Army Gen. Knud Bartels, chairman of the...

The Defense Department’s POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced May 22 it had identified the remains of Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Alvin Beethe, a P-38 pilot assigned to the 393rd Fighter Squadron during World War II. Beethe, whose went out on...

The French air force is seeking to purchase four C-130J Super Hercules under a foreign military sales deal to fill a gap left by Airbus A400M delivery delays, reported Air & Cosmos. The French defense ministry requested funds this week...