The ability to achieve air superiority and control airspace over a war zone is a key U.S. military strategy and in some cases has been the primary means of achieving military objectives, such as when NATO intervened to stop Serbia's war in Kosovo and the ...
In a hangar flanked by F-15s and Apache helicopters at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich was sworn in as the new commander of the Ninth Air Force, Air Forces Central, July 21. Grynkewich will be responsible for ...
An Air Force three-star general would become deputy commander of U.S. Central Command, and the Air Force would get four more lieutenant generals, in a slate of nominations announced May 13. Lt. Gen. Gregory M. Guillot has been nominated to the CENTCOM post at MacDill ...
The U.S. military operating in Syria regularly confronts “great power competition” while conducting ongoing counterterrorism operations, facing regular interference and Russian aircraft close by in a confluence of threats, Air Force and Space Force officials said. “Great power competition … is alive and well in ...
Air Combat Command is preparing to consolidate its fighter, rescue, and command-and-control enterprises into a new numbered air force that will help military leaders wield those forces more effectively. This month, the Air Force will bring its Ninth and 12th Air Forces under one roof ...
One of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein’s pet projects has evolved into a joint task force tackling the coronavirus pandemic. In his first address as Chief at the Air Force Association’s September 2016 conference, Goldfein listed the goal of building joint leaders ...
