While a deal on the E-7 Wedgetail airborne battle management jet may come soon, negotiations are stuck on the high price Boeing is asking for the development jets, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said recently.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin began his tenure as chief pressing Airmen to “follow through” on changes needed to respond to China’s growing military might and the changing nature of warfare. On April 15, Allvin offered his first self-assessment to Airmen ...
Top Air Force officials including Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David W. Allvin are on a weeklong tour of the Pacific, including visits to key bases the U.S. hopes to expand to be better ...
The TV show “Masters of the Air,” which tells the story of the U.S. Army Air Force’s 100th Bomb Group during World War II, has garnered strong critical reviews and big streaming numbers for Apple TV+. Now Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin ...
The Department of the Air Force is undertaking its biggest overhaul since the Cold War, with new commands, ranks, units, and training. And now, the services must sell the changes to the force of nearly 700,000 Airmen and Guardians. “One of the biggest challenges is ...
The Air Force plans to shrink its total aircraft inventory in fiscal 2025, cutting its plans for new airframes while continuing to retire old platforms, the service revealed in its budget request, released on March 11. The Air Force plans to divest 250 aircraft in ...
Ahead of the Pentagon’s fiscal 2025 budget rollout March 11, Department of the Air Force leaders warned of a “unsatisfying,” “difficult,” and “resource-constrained” request that had to be adjusted due to spending caps—with particular concern for the still-growing Space Force.
Specific numbers of certain aircraft types will be less important to the Air Force’s future fighter force structure than a focus on manned-unmanned teaming driven by Collaborative Combat Aircraft, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin said March 7. Indeed, Allvin suggested at the annual McAleese Defense ...
Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach assumed leadership of Air Combat Command on Feb. 29, succeeding Gen. Mark D. Kelly, during a change of command ceremony at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. And the former Pacific Air Forces commander underscored the Air Force’s pivot toward the Indo-Pacific by ...
The Air Force will have to rethink how it views the concept of air superiority in the future, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin said on Feb. 28. “It’s cost prohibitive to be able to say that we're going to build enough Air ...
Gen. David W. Allvin, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, spoke about the State of the Air Force and a fundamental shift in airpower at the AFA Warfare Symposium on Feb. 12, 2024. Watch the video or read the transcript.
Two weeks after the Air Force announced it will expand Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and rename it Airman Development Command, the service says it is in the process of working out what that transition will look like.