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Kendall: NDS Doesn’t Call For a Larger Air Force; Expect Major Changes as USAF Modernizes

Nov. 1, 2022 | By John A. Tirpak
The Air Force won’t get larger anytime soon as a result of the new National Defense Strategy, and competition with China and Russia, though gravely serious, doesn’t constitute a new Cold War—mainly because of economic interdependence, said Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.

A-10s in the Pacific | Kadena Losing F-15C/Ds | AFCENT’s Experimental UAV Unit

Nov. 1, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Chris Gordon, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, Department of Defense, and national security issues.

KC-46’s 2-Person Crew | Space Force’s War College | Tracking Donated Weapons

Oct. 31, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Chris Gordon, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, Department of Defense, and national security issues.

B-1 Mission With Naval Mines | The New NDS | Biden’s Nuclear Stance

Oct. 28, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Chris Gordon, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, Department of Defense, and national security issues.

‘Translator’ Sats to Link Commercial, DOD Networks | Manufacturing as Deterrence | Boeing’s Big Losses

Oct. 27, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Chris Gordon, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, Department of Defense, and national security issues.

China Advancing in Space | LaPlante on F-35 Engines | Hope for LMXT Tanker

Oct. 26, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Chris Gordon, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, Department of Defense, and national security issues.

Lockheed Martin Says LMXT Still a Possibility for KC-Y Program

Oct. 25, 2022 | By Chris Gordon
Lockheed Martin says it is still pitching its LMXT tanker to the Air Force amid a looming requirements announcement for the KC-Y tanker program. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has cast doubt on whether a KC-Y program would field a wholly new aircraft and has ...

Awards for Evacuation | Space-Based Missile Tracking | ‘Dirty Bomb’ Claims

Oct. 25, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Chris Gordon, Greg Hadley and Christopher Stone
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, Department of Defense, and national security issues.

Bomber Task Force to Guam | DAF Acquisition Report | New Mitchell Paper on JADC2

Oct. 24, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Chris Gordon and Greg Hadley
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, Department of Defense, and national security issues.

B-21 Poised for Rollout | DAF Suicides Decline Significantly | How to Improve Space Safety

Oct. 21, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Chris Gordon, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, Department of Defense, and national security issues.

First B-21 Bomber to Roll Out of Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale, Calif., Plant on Dec. 2

Oct. 20, 2022 | By John A. Tirpak
The Air Force and Northrop Grumman will roll out the B-21 Raider from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., on Dec. 2, the company announced. The rollout is the first of a new Air Force bomber since 1988, when the B-2 Spirit emerged from ...

Image of B-52 Upgrades | AFSOC’s New Hunter-Killer | Biden Pushes Back on Space Guard

Oct. 20, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Greg Hadley, and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, Department of Defense, and national security issues.

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