House-Senate Conferees require a larger Air Force in the final version of the fiscal 2021 defense bill, directing the service to build the 386 combat squadrons it said it needs to meet the National Defense Strategy, and specifically raising the bomber fleet to 225 aircraft, ...
AFA Mitchell Institute
Why bombers are the most flexible leg in the nuclear triad.
Brown’s A-B-C-Ds for Accelerating Change
Low-cost attritable UAVs raise the ante for adversaries seeking to challenge USAF.
America’s civilian and military space agencies are walking a fine line with Russia. On one hand, NASA wants to preserve the partnership with its Russian counterpart Roscosmos that has spurred cultural and scientific exchange on the International Space Station and other joint missions since the ...
The Air Force is crafting new policy that envisions more fluidity between conventional and nuclear weapons, as well as a broader range of options to keep others from using their own nuclear weapons. The U.S. has long treated conventional and nuclear warfare as separate concepts, ...
The new commander of the storied Air Force Research Laboratory will realign—not reorganize—the lab so it can ably support both the new U.S. Space Force and its traditional Air Force customers. "We’ll be one AFRL serving two services: The Air Force and the Space Force,” ...
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Daily Report: Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.
Daily Report: Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, airpower, and national security issues.
Daily Report: Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, airpower, and national security issues.
Daily Report: Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, airpower, and national security issues.