A delivery hold on F-35 fighters is hurting the Air Force, denying it the operational advantages it needs while causing it to spend money on extending older fighters, Secretary Frank Kendall said.
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall
The top enlisted leader in the Air Force said the branch’s first batch of new warrant officers since 1959 is due to be selected this summer, with the first class starting later this year.
The Air Force is looking at a variety of potential offsets to cover the $35 billion overrun on the Sentinel ICBM, but senior service officials hope the offsets can be found from outside the service's regular budget.
The Air Force is close to awarding at least two and maybe three contracts for the first increment of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, Secretary Frank Kendall said. The first deals for Increment 2, despite being still in its early stages, is expected to be ...
The Air Force and Space Force rolled out sweeping changes to the services’ organization, manning, readiness, and weapons development Feb. 12 at the AFA Warfare Symposium. The changes aim to ratchet up readiness and gain a warfighting edge in the face of intensifying great power ...
Air Force and Space Force leaders gathering in Aurora, Colo., on Feb. 12 will lift the veil on dozens of changes designed to enhance operational readiness and accelerate the development of future weapons in the years to come. The highly anticipated changes will be announced ...
The Air Force is reimplementing a program to bring back officers and enlisted Airmen in an effort to stem an ongoing staff shortage in a wide range of career fields.
A purported Air Force planning document circulating on social media suggests the service is considering bringing back warrant officers, but a spokesperson declined to confirm the document’s veracity.
Frank Kendall ordered in September a sweeping review of five lines of effort across the department, seeking to uproot the impediments to current and future readiness.
Maj. Gen. Phillip Stewart's request to retire in lieu of facing a court-martial kicks off a waiting game as the request is considered by the head of Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and ultimately Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall.
Recent Chiefs put the Air Force on the right course. Allvin’s mission is to deliver on those promises.
There was a secret, multi-agency X-plane program to explore future fighters that paved the way for the Next-Generation Air Dominance program, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall revealed at the POLITICO Defense Summit on Nov. 14.
