The head of Air Combat Command was not exempt from the order he issued last month directing tens of thousands of Airmen to face inspections to make sure they’re meeting Air Force standards for dress and personal appearance—on July 9, he said, he faced his ...
With the Air Force's fighter plans in flux—the Next-Generation Air Dominance program’s future in doubt and the F-22 potentially being extended—Collaborative Combat Aircraft autonomous drones will be all the more important for restoring capacity to the fleet, the head of Air Combat Command said July ...
Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, head of Air Combat Command, wants to keep the 32 F-22 Block 20 Raptors the Air Force has been trying to divest, saying that even without upgrades, they’d be valuable in a fight.
Air Combat Command boss Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach has ordered tens of thousands of Airmen to face inspections in the next few weeks to make sure they’re meeting Air Force standards for dress and personal appearance.
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 ...
Gen. Kevin B. Schneider took command of the Pacific Air Forces, succeeding Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach in a Feb. 9 ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii. Schneider has deep operational experience in the Indo-Pacific; he previously served as commander of U.S. Forces-Japan and the ...
To make the Air Force’s concept of Agile Combat Employment work across the vast reaches of the Indo-Pacific, the head of Pacific Air Forces wants to clear jungle that's overgrown World War II-era airfields while the Air Forces top special operator wants faster vertical lift ...
Chinese pilots are risking “disaster” with their intercepts of American planes operating over the South China Sea, Pacific Air Forces commander Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach said Sept. 11. "Do it safely, do it professionally, and everybody will be OK," Wilsbach said. "We won't have a ...
Pacific Air Forces commander Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach has been nominated to take over as the head of Air Combat Command, USAF’s largest major command by Active-Duty personnel, Air & Space Forces Magazine confirmed May 4.
The Air Force is poised to get a new commander in the Indo-Pacific, as the Pentagon announced April 24 that President Joe Biden has nominated Lt. Gen. Kevin B. Schneider to lead Pacific Air Forces. Schneider currently serves as director of staff at Headquarters Air Force. ...
After more than 40 years of operations, the Eagles at Kadena Air Base, Japan, are going out with a bash. Last fall, the Air Force announced that two permanent F-15C/D squadrons would wind down operations. On April 17, the top Air Force commander for the ...
Give Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach, commander of Pacific Air Forces, one extra dollar, and he would spend it bolstering the U.S.’s air superiority in the region, he said March 20. And within that endeavor, there are plenty of efforts to pursue, Wilsbach said during an Aerospace ...