F-35 Candidate Bases Announced

The Air Force this week announced four new candidate bases for the first Reserve-led F-35 unit, and criteria for two additional Air National Guard bases for the aircraft. They are: Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.; Homestead ARB, Fla.; NAS Joint Reserve Base...

Finding Homes for Reapers

The Air Force on Tuesday released its criteria for expanding the list of bases that fly the MQ-9 Reaper, a move to build up the service’s remotely piloted aircraft infrastructure. The Air Force will assess candidate bases on mission requirements,...

Russian Aircraft Buzz Navy Destroyer

A US Navy destroyer was repeatedly buzzed by Russian aircraft in the Baltic Sea, demonstrating increased aggression by Russian jets in the region. On April 11, two Russian Su-24 jets made “numerous, close-range, low-altitude” passes near the USS Donald Cook,...

Managing Traffic in Space

Colorado Springs, Colo. The Federal Aviation Administration would like to develop an implementation plan “as soon as possible” to begin transitioning responsibility for collecting and disseminating safety-related space situational awareness data from the Air Force to the FAA, the associate...

Embracing Innovation

Colorado Springs, Colo. The US military must reject the notion that it needs to give up resiliency for capability, Doug Loverro, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy, said Wednesday at the 32nd Space Symposium. “That notion is...

Making Space Affordable

Colorado Springs, Colo. There hasn’t yet been an entrepreneurial golden age for space like there was for the internet because the “big heavy-lifting pieces” aren’t yet in place, the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin said Tuesday at the 32nd...

Iraqi Forces Reclaim Key Village

Iraqi forces, bolstered by coalition airstrikes, have retaken the Anbar village of Hit, the site of ISIS’ chemical weapons production. On April 11, Iraqi Security Forces raised the Iraq flag on the main government building in the village, coalition spokesman...