F-16 Crashes Near Luke

An F-16 assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing at Luke AFB, Ariz., crashed around 8:45 a.m. Thursday morning near Bagdad, Ariz., about 100 miles north of the base. Local officials located the crash site late Thursday afternoon and officials are...

Raptors in Japan

The recent F-22 deployment to Yokota AB, Japan, was part of a “previously scheduled training deployment,” not a reaction to recent activity by the North Korean regime, the Pentagon said Thursday. Eight F-22s deployed to Yokota on Jan. 20 for...

B-52s … Maybe

The Air Force has not ruled out sending B-52s to US Central Command to backfill the capability of B-1Bs leaving theater to undergo an avionics upgrade, a service spokesman said Thursday. “All options are on the table with regard to...

The Effect of Deterrence

North Korea definitely took notice of the Jan. 10 flight of a B-52 to South Korea, and remains aware of the Air Force’s continuous bomber presence in the Pacific, the Pentagon’s No. 2 uniformed officer said Thursday. Air Force Gen....

Sense-and-Avoid Capabilities for RPAs?

The Air Force is considering adding sense-and-avoid capabilities to some of its remotely piloted aircraft. In a request for information posted Jan. 12, the Air Force notes that federal aviation rules require pilots to “see and avoid” other air traffic,...

Moving Beyond the Cyber Basics

US Cyber Command this year plans to move beyond a focus on the network structure into systems and platforms, to build new partnerships, and to instill a culture of “cyber hygiene,” Adm. Michael Rogers said Jan. 21 in Washington, D.C....

Complacency Kills

Just because cyber attacks so far have not had a dramatic impact on most people’s everyday lives does not mean we should become complacent, said Adm. Michael Rogers, head of US Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency,...