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Know Your Adversary | Soldier’s Death Drives Calls for Change | Streamlining Cyber

Sept. 21, 2020 | By Amy Hudson, Rachel S. Cohen, Brian W. Everstine, Jennifer Hlad and Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

How eSeries Could Impact USAF Depots | CMSAF: Inclusion is a Priority | C-17s as Bombers?

Sept. 18, 2020 | By Amy Hudson, Rachel S. Cohen, Brian W. Everstine, Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

No PT Tests Until 2021 | Permanent Telework | Deploying as a Team

Sept. 17, 2020 | By Jennifer Hlad, Rachel S. Cohen, Brian W. Everstine, Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

Ligado May Jeopardize Future of Experimental Space Force Navigation Satellite

Sept. 16, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Officials overseeing a promising new satellite venture warned this week that Ligado Networks could jeopardize the future of next-generation positioning, navigation, and timing alongside the current GPS enterprise. “As we interface with our [Air Force headquarters] staff counterparts, the message we communicate is basically, ‘Well, ...

Two Airmen Killed in Separate Crashes at Ali Al Salem Within Days

Sept. 16, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
Two Airmen have died in two separate single-vehicle crashes within three days of each other at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, the Pentagon announced. Staff Sergeant Ronald J. Ouellette, 23, of Merrimack, N.H., died Sept. 14 in a single all-terrain-vehicle crash on the flightline ...

Esper Highlights USAF Modernization, Force Employment Changes as Near-Peer Threats Rise

Sept. 16, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is leading the way within the military on adopting new technologies and adapting how it operates to be ready for “great power competition,” both with technological advancements such as the Advanced Battle Management System and new ways to deploy aircraft such ...

NGAD Has Already Flown | Prepping for Budget Woes | Space Force BMT

Sept. 16, 2020 | By Jennifer Hlad, Rachel S. Cohen, Brian W. Everstine, Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

As Cuts Loom, 386 Combat Squadrons—in the USAF and USSF—is Still the Goal

Sept. 15, 2020 | By John A. Tirpak
Despite an anticipated flat budget for fiscal year 2022, the Air Force is still holding onto the goal of building up to 386 combat wings, or their equivalent in combat capability, senior leaders said in a press conference at AFA's virtual Air, Space & Cyber ...

AFSOC Boss: Keeping Special Ops Wing in England Means New MILCON Likely

Sept. 15, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
The Pentagon’s decision to keep the 352nd Special Operations Wing at its current home of RAF Mildenhall, U.K., necessitates new military construction to update the base's neglected infrastructure for the Airmen, CV-22s, and MC-130s, though it also means the wing can stay in a familiar ...

USAF, Space Force Shake Things Up | Meet the e-Series | AMC Eyes Interim KC-46 Fix

Sept. 15, 2020 | By Jennifer Hlad, Rachel S. Cohen, Brian W. Everstine, Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

USAFE: Move of Airmen, F-16s From Germany Still in Planning Stages

Sept. 14, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
About two months after the Pentagon announced the plan to pull thousands of troops from Germany, including the F-16 presence at Spangdahlem Air Base, the head of U.S. Air Forces in Europe said the move is still in the planning stages, with the goal to ...

Keeping Innovators, After Attracting Them, Means Crossing the “Valley of Death”

Sept. 14, 2020 | By John A. Tirpak
The Air Force is seeing results in attracting small and medium businesses and startups by using targeted investments and putting them together with commercial investors, panelists said in an acquisition panel at AFA's virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference. But once the small businesses are ...

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