With the Air Force's fighter plans in flux—the Next-Generation Air Dominance program’s future in doubt and the F-22 potentially being extended—Collaborative Combat Aircraft autonomous drones will be all the more important for restoring capacity to the fleet, the head of Air Combat Command said July ...
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Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, head of Air Combat Command, wants to keep the 32 F-22 Block 20 Raptors the Air Force has been trying to divest, saying that even without upgrades, they’d be valuable in a fight.
Air Combat Command boss Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach has ordered tens of thousands of Airmen to face inspections in the next few weeks to make sure they’re meeting Air Force standards for dress and personal appearance.
Air Combat Command is “transitioning into a different type of command” focused more on readiness than developing requirements or presenting forces to combatant commanders, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin said, part of a major shift in how the Air Force manages its structure.
The Air Force has six Institutional Commands focused on the recruit, train, and equip function of the department, and 10 Service Component Commands focused on meeting the needs of the nation’s joint Combatant Commands.
It’s possible two distinct solutions could emerge from this stage, one high end, the other more basic.
Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach assumed leadership of Air Combat Command on Feb. 29, succeeding Gen. Mark D. Kelly, during a change of command ceremony at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. And the former Pacific Air Forces commander underscored the Air Force’s pivot toward the Indo-Pacific by ...
The Mitchell Institute conducted a wargame and associated studies to assess how a family of uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft could increase the lethality, survivability, and capacity of the Air Force’s air superiority forces for operations in highly contested environments.
The CCA is envisioned as an uncrewed, relatively low-observable aircraft that can escort or coordinate with crewed aircraft, performing missions such as electronic warfare, defense suppression, as a communications node or as a flying extra magazine of weapons.
The William Tell competition dates to at least 1954, with a history that may go back to 1949, in the earliest days of the Air Force.
A collection of of quotes on airpower, space power, and national security issues.
William Tell Fighter Competition returns.
