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A Case for a Two-War Planning Construct | NATO Countries Increase Defense Spending | Revamped Thunderbirds

June 16, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

Next National Defense Strategy Should Return to Two-War Force Construct

June 15, 2021 | By John A. Tirpak
The two-war force-sizing construct should be restored in the next National Defense Strategy being developed by the Biden administration, according to a new paper from the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. The authors argued that a one-war capacity invites adversaries to take advantage of U.S. ...

GBSD Will Fly in 2023 | GPS III To Launch on Used Booster | Introducing the Maintenance Duty Uniform

June 15, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Greg Hadley, Tobias Naegele and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

KC-46 Software Flaw | New Hair Standards for Women | CSAF and Captain America

June 14, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine and Greg Hadley
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

F-35 Production Delays Linger | Milley to Congress: A-10 Risk ‘Acceptable’ | Kendall’s SECAF Nomination Moves to Senate

June 11, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

Biden to Airmen: ‘We Owe You’ | AIB: Disorientation Caused Fatal F-16 Crash | Lackland Responds to Active Shooter

June 10, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

First 2 Raiders Already Built | Air Force Eyeing C-130 Replacement | MILCON Gets Boost in 2022 Budget

June 9, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

After Scaled-Back 2021, Air Force Military Construction Gets a Big Bump in ’22 Budget

June 8, 2021 | By Greg Hadley
A year after submitting its smallest military construction budget in a half-decade, the Department of the Air Force submitted a 2022 budget request that marked a return to years past—and a substantial increase overall. The 2022 figure of roughly $2.8 billion marks a 75 percent ...

Afghanistan Withdrawal Half Finished | F-35s from Four Nations Train Together | New 10th Air Force Commander

June 8, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

Rocket Cargo is Newest Vanguard | B-21 on Track, on Budget | Quicker ABMS Increments

June 7, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

COVID-19, Not Technical Issues, Mostly to Blame for Grey Wolf Delay, AFGSC Boss Says

June 4, 2021 | By John A. Tirpak
Air Force Global Strike Command boss Gen. Timothy M. Ray said the Air Force did not include any new MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters in its fiscal 2022 budget request because of certification delays related to the pandemic. "I spent some time talking to Boeing about ...

Ray: China Advancing Faster Than Expected | Vandenberg’s Commercial Space Zone | USAF to Buy Up to 6 More BACN Aircraft

June 4, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

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