Greg Hadley

Greg Hadley is the News Editor of Air & Space Forces Magazine. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, he has more than seven years of experience in national and local media, working for The State (Columbia, S.C.) and the McClatchy D.C. Bureau.


Recent stories by Greg Hadley

How USSF Is Building Better Space Operators

Space Operations Command boss Lt. Gen. David N. Miller Jr. is eyeing more advanced, integrated training for his Guardians, he said July 8, a shift that goes hand-in-hand with his command’s changing responsibilities and the service’s new force generation model. 

Space Force Adds Two New Launch Providers

Space Systems Command is adding to its roster of small launch providers, it announced this week, the latest in a series of moves by the Space Force to encourage competition in the industry. Blue Origin and Stoke Space are joining Orbital Services Program-4, the smaller counterpart ...

AFSOC Gets a New Commander, Resumes Osprey Flights in Japan

Lt. Gen. Michael Conley succeeded Lt. Gen. Tony D. Bauernfeind as the head of Air Force Special Operations Command in a ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Fla., on July 2, while halfway around the world, an AFSOC CV-22 Osprey took flight at Yokota Air Base, Japan, ...

Air Force Vet Indicted for Leaking Secrets on Weapons ‘Vulnerabilities’

An Air Force veteran and former civilian employee was indicted this week for leaking classified information on USAF aircraft and weapons. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida announced the grand jury indictment of Paul J. Freeman on June 27, after Freeman had been ...

China ‘Actively’ Working to Disrupt U.S. Defense Industry

The defense industrial base—the hundreds of companies that supply the Pentagon with everything from new fighter jets and satellites to magnets and ball bearings—is being actively targeted in cyberspace by China and other adversaries, the head of U.S. Cyber Command warned June 25. 

Promotions Blast Off: Three of Every Four Guardians Make NCO Ranks

Nearly every Guardian in the Space Force who was eligible for promotion to sergeant this year made it, with a selection rate of 95.66 percent, the Air Force Personnel Center announced June 24. Almost two-thirds—63.87 percent—of those seeking to become technical sergeant were selected as well, as ...

Flying Hours: USAF Seeks Stability Before Seeking Growth

The Air Force flying hours program—which has suffered steady declines in recent years to the alarm of observers and lawmakers—will stabilize in the coming years as leaders focus on making sure pilots and aircraft alike can actually fly all the hours that are funded, the ...

Tactical Vehicle Rollover on WWII-Era Road Leaves 2 Airmen Disabled

One Airman was left permanently paralyzed below the waist and another suffered internal bleeding and had her leg amputated after an all-terrain search-and-recuse vehicle they were riding in rolled over on the island of Tinian last year. A subsequent investigation determined neither Airman was wearing ...

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