A Lightning First

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgA combat-coded F-35A assigned to Hill AFB, Utah, dropped a GBU-12 laser-guided...

In Defense of Cost-Plus

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThe Air Force went with a cost-plus contract for the engineering, manufacturing,...

Back to Old Bases in Europe

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgUS European Command is “renewing conversations” with NATO member countries to use...

Herculean Concerns

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgSeveral House members on Tuesday expressed concerns about the size and modernization...

A Quiet Supersonic Passenger Jet

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgNASA awarded Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company a contract for preliminary design of...

Getting Serious About Hypersonic Weapons

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgHypersonic weapons can break through the most advanced air defenses and get...

Hypersonic Technology Achievable, Inevitable

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgAdvanced air defenses being fielded by potential adversaries can threaten America’s long-held...

Meeting the ISR Need

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgEven though US European Command has seen an uptick in the amount...

NATO Falling Short of Spending Goals

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgWhile some NATO countries are slowly increasing their share of defense spending,...