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New Pilot Training Methods | DOD Sexual Assault Review Under Way | Eielson Gets More KC-135s

March 25, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine and John A. Tirpak
Daily Report: Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

Coalition Aircraft, Iraqi Forces Continue Large Offensive Targeting ISIS

March 24, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
Extensive coalition and Iraqi operations targeting the Islamic State group in northern Iraq continued, with aircraft now conducting at least 312 airstrikes on ISIS remnants in the remote mountainous region. U.S.-led coalition aircraft and Iraqi forces conducted the airstrikes as part of Operation Ready Lion ...

Reducing Training Mishaps | Next-Gen Interceptor Contracts Awarded | JBSA Could House Immigrant Kids

March 24, 2021 | By Amy Hudson and Brian W. Everstine
Daily Report: Read the top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

HHS Asks the Pentagon to House Immigrants at Joint Base San Antonio

March 23, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
The Department of Health and Human Services on March 23 asked the Pentagon to evaluate two bases to be used to house unaccompanied immigrants, including Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters DOD is beginning to evaluate the requirements. HHS requests ...

The Push for Hypersonics | CSAF’s Reading List | Space Force to Get 1st JROTC Units

March 23, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine, 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.

Hypersonic Research Funding Skyrockets as DOD Looks to Push Capability to the Field

March 22, 2021 | By John A. Tirpak
The government’s 70 hypersonics programs—ranging from enabling technology efforts to all-up prototyping projects—are expected to cost $15 billion from 2015 through 2024, and several have sharply exceeded cost estimates, the Government Accountability Office reported. Hypersonic research funding grew 740 percent, government-wide, between 2015 and 2020. ...

Will Congress Cut F-35 Buy?| Systemic Problems in AFE Career Field | Kirtland’s New Space Lab

March 22, 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.

More Delays for F-35 Block 4 | Using Virtual Reality to Curb Suicides | USAF’s Extremism Stand Down

March 19, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, 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.

GAO: F-35 Block 4 Will Keep Slipping Without Realistic Work Estimates

March 18, 2021 | By John A. Tirpak
Full-rate production of the F-35 and delivery of the Block 4 upgrade will keep slipping until the simulator is fixed and the Pentagon sets some realistic timetables for software development, the Government Accountability Office reported on March 18. It recommended better automatic tools for assessing ...

Here’s How the Air Force Resourced Leaders for Extremism Stand Downs

March 18, 2021 | By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory
The Department of the Air Force has given USAF and Space Force commanders and senior enlisted leaders a toolkit to help equip them to carry out Defense Department-directed stand downs to address extremism within their ranks, department spokesperson Lt. Col. Malinda Singleton confirmed to Air ...

Budget Cuts and ABMS | Don’t Expect F-35 Production Surge Anytime Soon | USAF’s Heraldry Review

March 18, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine, Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory and John A. Tirpak
Daily Report: Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

Biden: Meeting Deadline for Afghanistan Withdrawal Will be ‘Tough’

March 17, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
President Joe Biden cautioned it will be “tough” to the meet the May 1 deadline to withdraw all forces from Afghanistan, telling ABC News he's “in the process of making that decision now.” Under the deal with the Taliban, announced in February 2020, the U.S. ...

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