A Chinese fighter jet reportedly intercepted an Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance plane in an “unsafe fashion” on Sept. 15 over the Yellow Sea, the Pentagon said Sept. 22. The Chinese jet crossed in front of the Rivet Joint, prompting concerns...
A software patch will be applied to the F-35 fleet in November to speed up aerial refueling, which takes “longer than we’d like it to,” Program Director Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan told Air Force Magazine. However, the patch is not...
The F-35 fighter and its ground systems have to pass at least two full-scale cyber penetration resiliency tests a year in order for new hardware and software modifications to be fielded, said Program Director Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan. Speaking with...
The chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee is asking his fellow senators to support a short-term continuing resolution that would avoid a government shutdown. The resolution would fund the government through Dec. 11, and provide overseas contingency operations funding at...
The US Air Force is the only F-35 user with a requirement that the jet be able to carry nuclear weapons, but that capability won’t be available until the mid-2020s, Program Director Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan said. USAF’s dual-capable requirement...
Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook told reporters Tuesday he could not confirm whether retired Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, who was picked by President Obama last year to build the coalition fight against ISIS, will resign. However, Cook did say the...
In his first testimony to an open session of Congress in three years, retired Gen. David Petraeus apologized for the “serious mistake” that led him to resign and urged increased support to Iraqi security forces, Sunni tribal forces, and Kurdish...
A new flight deck simulator for EC-130 Compass Call aircrews is operational after five years of development, 55th Wing officials announced recently. The $35 million weapon system trainer, based at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., allows the 55th Electronic Combat Group to...