The Air Force has stood up the first rapidly deployable units of Airmen designed to protect air bases in the Pacific or other potential hotspots from aerial attack.
air defense
Since U.S. Air Force Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich became NATO’s top military officer in July 2025, the alliance has contended with Russian drone incursions and hybrid warfare against its members and Moscow’s continued aggression in Ukraine. Now the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, a career fighter ...
The Air Force is developing a new enlisted job specialty to defend bases against missile and drone attacks. Alarming damage to air bases across the Middle East during Operation Epic Fury focused leaders’ attention on the requirement.
The top Air Force officer says President Trump’s ambitious "Golden Dome" homeland defense initiative could ultimately counter the kind of strike Ukraine carried out earlier this week, using drones to hit multiple Russian aircraft deep inside the country.
The U.S. and Ukraine’s allies must step up their contribution to Ukraine’s air defense from Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sept. 6, addressing a meeting of the regular Ukraine Defense Contact Group held at Ramstein Air Base, Germany for the first time.
Ukraine is expected to make its case for the removal of restrictions placed on Western-provided long-range weapons that bar striking targets in Russia and urge allies to rush more air defense to the country during a key meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group on ...
While the West’s decision to train and equip Ukraine’s Air Force with American-made F-16s has garnered enormous attention, the war there is likely to remain a slugfest on the ground for months to come, U.S. military officials say. “Just giving them an F-16 is not going ...
The military services are jointly addressing how to operate in a dispersed fashion, and the Army is working with the Air Force on affordable, portable air defenses USAF officials said.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reinforced the need for America and its allies to maintain control of the skies in a conflict, top U.S. Army officials said June 23. “We’re going to have the ability to provide or assist in providing a no-sail zone, and ...
Members of Congress want to know how the Air Force plans to defend remote or forward-deployed airfields as part of its Agile Combat Employment strategy. By February 1, the House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee expects a report outlining the Secretary of ...
In this commentary piece, retired USAF Maj. Gen. Larry Stutzriem argues Ukraine faces risks but can take steps to attack Russia’s air defense network, especially using F-16s and other aircraft provided by the U.S.
The appearance of a Chinese surveillance balloon over North America in recent days should cause Americans to ponder just how safe they are from aerial attack. Can we defend our airspace from modern drones (unmanned air vehicles), hypersonic missiles, ballistic missiles, and—yes—from airships? Congress should ...