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Air Force Says Suicide Rates are Dropping in 2021 After Two Years of Increases

May 13, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
Suicide rates in the Air Force are starting to drop after back-to-back years of exceptionally high rates as the department enacts new policies to address the problem. There were more than 100 suicides in the Air Force in both 2019 and 2020, causing leaders to ...

F-22 Not in USAF’s Long-Term Plan | NDAA Vote Likely After August Recess | International Cooperation in Space

May 13, 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.

Making EMS a Priority | PT Tests Resume July 1 | Experimenting with F-15E Weapons Load

May 12, 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.

AMC Developing ‘Family of Systems’ to Replace C-17 | Ray Tours B-21 Factory | Protecting Satellites from Cyber Attack

May 11, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine and Shaun Waterman
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

The Push to Cut Legacy Aircraft | F-35 Now USAF’s Second-Largest Fleet | Inside US Space Command

May 10, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine and Amanda Miller
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

F-35 Is Now the Air Force’s Second-Largest Fighter Fleet

May 7, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
The F-35A fleet is now the second largest in the Air Force’s inventory, behind the F-16 but surpassing F-15s and A-10s. There are now 283 Joint Strike Fighters in the Air Force’s arsenal, compared to 281 A-10s, 234 F-15C/Ds, and 218 F-15Es. Air Force Chief ...

B-1s Return to Flight | Hypersonic Test at Northern Edge | China’s Spent Booster

May 7, 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.

ICBM Shuts Itself Down Before Launch | Skyborg’s First Flight | More B-52s in the Middle East

May 6, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine and John A. Tirpak
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B-52 Demos Hypersonic Missile Kill Chain at Northern Edge Exercise

May 6, 2021 | By John A. Tirpak
A B-52H bomber launched a simulated AGM-183 Air-launched Rapid Response hypersonic missile at a target some 600 miles away during the ongoing Northern Edge exercise in Alaska, the Air Force said. The simulated shot was a success and demonstrated Airborne Battle Management System techniques to ...

Plan for Space Guard Taking Shape | Afghanistan Retrograde | NGB Chief: Don’t Cut C-130 Fleet

May 5, 2021 | By Amy Hudson and Brian W. Everstine
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

Increased Scrutiny for F-35 | Tackling Overclassification in Space | USAF Airlifters Send More Aid to India

May 4, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine and John A. Tirpak
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CSO: Space is the ‘Wild, Wild West’ | New Boss at INDOPACOM | China Outpaces Russia

May 3, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine, Amanda Miller 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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