The $725.8 billion bill would raise DOD spending some $25 billion above the total proposed by President Joe Biden’s administration back in May.
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Red air operations and training are priorities for USAF in the coming decade.
The Department of the Air Force described a plan to break out space policy from the as-yet unnamed space acquisitions chief.
Van Ovost is currently the only female four-star general in the Defense Department and just the fourth in Air Force history. She and retired Gen. Lori J. Robinson are now the only women to lead a unified combatant command—Robinson headed U.S. Northern Command and NORAD ...
The changes principally affect how Enlisted Performance Reports (EPR) will be scored.
The Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL) has been in development at Lockheed Martin since at least 2019, when the company received a contract for integration, testing, and demonstration of such a weapon on the AC-130J aircraft.
Patterned on the “Soviet Military Power” series of the 1980s, and signed by DIA director Army Lt. Gen. Scott D. Berrier, the report assesses North Korea’s military capabilities.
After nearly 15 years in development and a $4 billion Air Force investment, two brand-new fighter engines are in test.
Modernization has never been more essential, nor the funds more elusive.
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The Story of the Afghanistan Airlift. Rescuing Afghans who had helped the U.S. cause over the past two decades was moving.