Most of the Air Force’s big acquisition programs hit an important milestone in 2023—the T-X and JSTARS recapitalization see first deliveries, the Long-Range Strike Bomber will fly, directed energy weapons will be demonstrated, a concept hypersonic missile will be tested,...

To afford all the new Air Force programs that are in the pipeline, the service employs a master sand chart that carefully dovetails the start of some programs with the decline of others, service acquisition chief William LaPlante said in...

An escalating battle network competition pitting US aircraft against radar-based air defenses in Vietnam became so costly the Air Force moved into a revolutionary new “competitive regime” by fielding stealth technology, a CSBA study found. But, as with all earlier...

A comprehensive study by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments on the evolution of battle networks, based largely on electronics, concluded that as the networks became more sophisticated and essential to modern warfare, the competitive cycle of capability versus...

With just six fighter squadrons and one C-130 squadron permanently based in US Air Forces Europe-Air Forces Africa, the command is working to fit its own forces as well as theater security package deployments into a robust engagement plan to...

The Army issued a $7.9 million contract to build an MQ-9 Reaper mission control, intelligence, and targeting facility for the Iowa Air National Guard’s 132nd Wing in Des Moines, according to a July 9 Pentagon contract announcement. The 33,000 square...

C-145 Skytrucks began departing Air Force Reserve Command’s 919th Special Operations Wing flight line at Duke Field, Fla., for the boneyard last month, the unit announced. Duke will retain five aircraft for its Aviation Foreign Internal Defense mission, retiring the...

Air Guardsmen from the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Fighter Wing on July 6 landed their F-15C Eagles at Campia Turzii, Romania, where they will train with their Romanian Air Force counterparts as part of a theater security package deployment...