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USAF Leaders See ‘Human-Machine Teams’—Not Robots—as Future of Airpower

Dec. 15, 2024 | By Chris Gordon
The Air Force has a word of caution for those who are urging that autonomous systems supplant crewed platforms: we still need a human in the loop.

F-35 Flies for the First Time with Tech Refresh 3, Paving the Way for Block 4

Jan. 10, 2023 | By John A. Tirpak
The first F-35A fitted with the Tech Refresh 3 update flew Jan. 6 from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., the Joint Program Office announced. The TR-3 suite of more powerful processors and memory is the enabling upgrade on which most of the planned F-35 Block ...

Listen to a USAF Astronaut’s Emergency Call With NASA After Russian ASAT Test

Nov. 18, 2021 | By Amanda Miller
Air Force Col. Raja Chari is the astronaut onboard the International Space Station heard receiving emergency instructions from Johnson Space Center after Nov. 15’s anti-satellite weapon test by Russia, NASA confirmed to Air Force Magazine. Commander of the Crew-3 mission—the third under SpaceX’s contract to ...
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