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Building EW Expertise | More Troops to Eastern Europe | Defense Industry’s Failing Grade

Feb. 3, 2022 | By Amy Hudson, Greg Hadley, Amanda Miller and John A. Tirpak

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The New Warfighting IT | Sharing Airlift in Africa | Overhauling F-35 Logistics

Feb. 2, 2022 | By Amy Hudson, Greg Hadley, Abraham Mahshie and Amanda Miller

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USAF’s ‘Readiness Hole’ | F-15EX Missile Test | International Space Partnerships

Feb. 1, 2022 | By Amy Hudson, Greg Hadley, Amanda Miller and John A. Tirpak

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The KC-46 Risk | SECAF Responds to Slow IT Complaints | USAF Urged to Work with Army, Navy on Hypersonics

Jan. 31, 2022 | By Amy Hudson, Greg Hadley, Abraham Mahshie and John A. Tirpak

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F-15Es Deploy to Estonia | Somalia Looks to USAF to Help Rebuild Air Force | Matthew Donovan on Making ACE ‘Real’

Jan. 28, 2022 | By Amy Hudson, Greg Hadley and Abraham Mahshie

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African Counterterrorism Ops | New Space Force Exercises | CIO on ‘Fix My Computer’ Letter

Jan. 27, 2022 | By Amy Hudson, Greg Hadley, Abraham Mahshie, John A. Tirpak and Shaun Waterman

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Ukraine Invasion Expected Soon | New Analysis of Russian ASAT Test | Previewing African Air Chiefs Symposium

Jan. 26, 2022 | By Amy Hudson, Abraham Mahshie, Amanda Miller and John A. Tirpak

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Building Relationships in Africa | DOD on Conference Attendance | Troops Put on Alert as Ukraine Tensions Mount

Jan. 25, 2022 | By Amy Hudson, Abraham Mahshie, Amanda Miller and John A. Tirpak

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New Satellites Patrolling GEO Orbit | Options for NATO | Top Aces’ Private F-16s

Jan. 24, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak

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Crisis in the Fighter Force

Jan. 21, 2022 | By Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula USAF (Ret.) and Heather Penney

USAF is ill-prepared to absorb combat losses in a peer fight.

RAF Lakenheath Becomes USAF’s First European Base to Get F-35s

Jan. 21, 2022

RAF Lakenheath to Get F-35s; New VCJCS Admiral Grady Sworn In; MacDill is Next F-35 Base; Pentagon Outlines New "Extremist" Activity Rules; and more ...

New Year, New Rules

Jan. 21, 2022 | By Greg Hadley

The Air Force is revising rules for deployments, physical fitness tests, promotions, and more in 2022. Here's a rundown of what's ahead.