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The risk of world war today has never been greater since 1940—and the United States has arguably never been less ready. Waking the nation up to that fact should be a top priority for our national leaders, though precious little has been said or will ...
The Air Force’s ambitious effort to overhaul its organization, deployment model, and training to better prepare for great power competition with China was just six months old when Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin returned from Exercise...
Amid NATO’s continued push to ramp up air defenses in Eastern Europe, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall swung by seven allied countries to boost relations last week, including those on Russia’s and Ukraine’s doorstep.
The three B-2 Spirits that touched down in Australia last week for a Bomber Task Force have been making waves across the Indo-Pacific, with show-stopping formation flight and a rare landing at a strategic location.
Two newly manufactured F-35s touched down at the home of the 301st Fighter Wing in Texas last week, as the wing is transitioning from its F-16 fleet to the fifth-generation aircraft. But the jets are not there to stay; the F-35s that arrived at Naval ...
The U.S. and Japan announced plans to boost missile system co-production, including Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs) and Patriot PAC-3, to bolster deterrence and address “destabilizing behavior" in the region in July 28. The announcement follows Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Secretary ...
Leaders seem to be hedging, with senior service leaders indicating concern over NGAD’s costs and raising questions about the future of U.S. air dominance.
Ukraine is poised to get its first F-16 fighters in the next few months, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. confirmed June 13, in a move that would bolster Kyiv’s air capabilities against Russia.
WORLD: Air: Shrinking Air Force; and USAF Weapons School turns 75.
Belgium pledged to provide Ukraine with more than two dozen F-16s in a pact agreed to by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo during the Ukrainian leader’s visit to the country on May 28. The F-16s will be delivered “as ...
Army Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, head of U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, warned that Russia would remain an enduring threat to NATO and global security, regardless of the outcome of the war in Ukraine.
