Russia is producing more than 100 Iranian-designed drones a week for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, a top U.S. military commander told Congress, providing a fresh example of how small drones are changing modern warfare across the globe.
America’s Pacific forces want more missiles—and a lot of them—according to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s wish list for fiscal 2025. A standout of INDOPACOM’s unfunded priorities list—items not contained in the budget—is the Joint Strike Missile (JSM), an advanced standoff munition being developed for the Air ...
As part of its re-optimization effort, the Air Force is planning to implement more large-scale exercises to improve readiness. That will start with a major one next year in the Indo-Pacific, leaders said at the AFA Warfare Symposium, followed by still more in the years ...
Navy Adm. Samuel J. Paparo Jr., nominated to lead U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, emphasized the need to improve the command’s logistics—including its aerial refueling plans—during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Feb. 1.
Reps. Rob Wittman and Jen Kiggans, members of the House Armed Services Committee, are pressing U.S. Indo-Pacific Command boss Adm. John Aquilino to ask for more procurement for nuclear micro-reactors in the fiscal 2025 budget request, as a way to ease the logistics of powering ...
A Chinese fighter jet closed within 10 feet of a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber in a nighttime intercept over the South China Sea on Oct. 24 that U.S. Indo-Pacific Command deemed “unsafe and unprofessional.” The incident marks the latest close call between Chinese and ...
The air forces of the U.S., South Korea and Japan held their first ever trilateral aerial exercise Oct. 22. One American B-52 bomber and three U.S. F-16s flew alongside two F-15Ks from the Republic of Korea Air Force, and four F-2s from the Japan Air ...
The Air Force’s 55th Operations Group is standing up a small detachment at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska to help launch and recover jets from the RC-135 family of intelligence and reconnaissance platforms as they conduct operations and exercises over the Indo-Pacific.
U.S. and allied air forces are wrapping up one of their largest mobility exercises in history: Mobility Guardian 23. The drill is designed to take on the challenges of operating in the vast Pacific region, now the primary focus of America’s military strategy. “The joint ...
The U.S. and its allies kicked off a massive air exercise, Mobility Guardian, on July 5 in the Indo-Pacific region. Run by Air Mobility Command, the highly anticipated exercise has been billed as one of the most critical Air Force drills of the year, with ...
A Chinese fighter jet conducted an “unnecessarily aggressive” maneuver in front of a U.S. Air Force RC-135 last week, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command announced May 30, releasing footage of the incident. The intercept, which took place May 26, happened over the South China Sea in international airspace.
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 ...