The Air Force is moving forward with its “bridge tanker” project—the air-refueling aircraft acquisition formerly known as “KC-Y”—in a “full and open competition” to replace the KC-135 Stratotanker fleet. It is a stepping stone to a more futuristic tanker, Air Mobility Command boss Gen. Jacqueline ...
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The Senate on Oct. 26 confirmed Maj. Gen. Robert J. Skinner as the next head of the Defense Information Systems Agency, as well as for promotion to lieutenant general. Skinner, who currently oversees command, control, communications, and cyber operations for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command in Hawaii, was ...
Staff Sgt. Nicholas Brunetto, a pararescueman with the 38th Rescue Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., received the Silver Star on Oct. 29 in recognition of heroism displayed during a February 2020 ambush in Afghanistan. “While on a mission, Brunetto and the U.S. Army ...
Air Mobility Command is testing up to 15 percent of passengers who take “Patriot Express” flights out of two U.S. airports in an attempt to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Patriot Express routes are flown by commercial jets that contract with the Defense Department ...
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The Army is missing the point. This is not efficient—or stealth.
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Competition with Russia intensifies across the Northern Hemisphere.
The Air Force is making it easier for women to be aviators—and to keep flying should they choose to have children.
Brown’s A-B-C-Ds for Accelerating Change
Low-cost attritable UAVs raise the ante for adversaries seeking to challenge USAF.
