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Lockheed Martin Says LMXT Still a Possibility for KC-Y Program

Oct. 25, 2022 | By Chris Gordon
Lockheed Martin says it is still pitching its LMXT tanker to the Air Force amid a looming requirements announcement for the KC-Y tanker program. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has cast doubt on whether a KC-Y program would field a wholly new aircraft and has ...

Awards for Evacuation | Space-Based Missile Tracking | ‘Dirty Bomb’ Claims

Oct. 25, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Chris Gordon, Greg Hadley and Christopher Stone
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, Department of Defense, and national security issues.

Bomber Task Force to Guam | DAF Acquisition Report | New Mitchell Paper on JADC2

Oct. 24, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Chris Gordon and Greg Hadley
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, Department of Defense, and national security issues.

B-21 Poised for Rollout | DAF Suicides Decline Significantly | How to Improve Space Safety

Oct. 21, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Chris Gordon, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, Department of Defense, and national security issues.

First B-21 Bomber to Roll Out of Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale, Calif., Plant on Dec. 2

Oct. 20, 2022 | By John A. Tirpak
The Air Force and Northrop Grumman will roll out the B-21 Raider from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., on Dec. 2, the company announced. The rollout is the first of a new Air Force bomber since 1988, when the B-2 Spirit emerged from ...

F-35A Crashes at Hill AFB; Pilot Safely Ejects

Oct. 20, 2022 | By Chris Gordon
An F-35A fighter assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing crashed at the north end of the runway at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The pilot safely ejected.

Image of B-52 Upgrades | AFSOC’s New Hunter-Killer | Biden Pushes Back on Space Guard

Oct. 20, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Greg Hadley, and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, Department of Defense, and national security issues.

New Image Shows How B-52 Will Look After Engine, Radar Replacement

Oct. 19, 2022 | By John A. Tirpak
A new image from Boeing shows how the B-52H will look after a series of modifications that the Air Force has said are significant enough to warrant re-designating the aircraft as the B-52J or K. The image was rendered from a digital prototyping model and ...

Future of F-35 Production | How to Advance in Hypersonics | Report: Air Force ‘Very Weak’

Oct. 19, 2022 | By Greg Hadley, Chris Gordon and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, Department of Defense, and national security issues.

New B-52 Cockpit Photo | TRANSCOM Strategy | Roper Joins Defense Innovation Board

Oct. 18, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Chris Gordon, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, Department of Defense, and national security issues.

TRANSCOM Unveils More Agile Strategy to Deter China, Defend Logistics

Oct. 17, 2022 | By Chris Gordon
The U.S. can longer assume its logistics are safe and must develop a more agile approach to contend with China, the head of U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, said Oct. 17.

Planning for the B-21 | Cyber is USSF’s ‘Soft Underbelly’ | Kendall: DAF Needs More Hispanic Officers

Oct. 17, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Chris Gordon, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, Department of Defense, and national security issues.

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