Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work thinks the Air Force is being driven into a “bad place” by excessive cuts, but he’s not sure what to do about it. Speaking at an AFA Mitchell Institute event Wednesday night, Work said, “Without...

Today’s Air Force is “too small, too old, less ready, and out of balance for the challenges that we as a nation are going to face” for the next two decades, Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said Thursday....

China is “way ahead” in hypersonics, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said Wednesday night. Speaking at an AFA Mitchell Institute event in Washington, D.C., Work said hypersonics technology is “part and parcel” of his “third offset” strategy to recapture a...

Critics have to stop thinking of the F-35 as merely the new fighter that replaces the worn-out 1980?s-vintage F-16, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said Wednesday. Speaking at an AFA Mitchell Institute event, Work said the F-35 is “not a...

An August declaration of initial operational capability for the F-35A fighter with the Air Force is becoming less likely, according to comments made by Joint Strike Fighter program manager Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan. Bogdan said two things are putting August...

Besides Air Force initial operational capability,? two other big milestones are looming for the F-35, program executive officer Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan said. Bogdan said he’s hoping for a “handshake deal” on Lot 9 production “by the end of the...

Pratt & Whitney should be able to cut costs on the F-35’s engine now that it’s been named as the builder of engines for the B-21 bomber, Joint Strike Fighter program manager Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan said Thursday. Speaking at...

The OV-10G Broncos employed in Operation Inherent Resolve were specifically evaluating use of cost effective turboprop strike aircraft to improve air-to-ground coordination in low intensity combat. The six-month deployment tested the upgraded OV-10’s ability to “find, fix, and finish” targets...

The program to develop the next-generation GPS ground control system, OCX, is “continuing forward right now,” but the Pentagon could still cancel it, Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, the military deputy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air...

Russia is very present in Central and South America, and is trying to create the narrative that the US is withdrawing from that region, the head of US Southern Command told reporters Thursday at the Pentagon. Russia is “reaching back...

The Defense Department on March 9 officially opened all combat jobs to women, the Pentagon announced. “It is absolutely critical to our warfighting ability and the welfare of our people that we embark on full integration with a commitment to...