Watch Air Mobility Command boss Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost and UPS' Captain Houston Mills discuss the global challenge that is strategic airlift with moderator, Air Force Association Executive Vice President, and retired Maj. Gen. Douglas L. Raaberg during a panel at the Air Force ...
Watch Air Force Materiel Command boss Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr., Air Force Reserve Chief Lt. Gen. Richard W. Scobee, Air National Guard Director Michael Loh, and Maj. Gen. John E. Shaw—head of the Space Force's Space Operations Command and U.S. Space Command's Combined Force ...
Watch Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt, Maj. Gen. Charles S. Corcoran, retired Maj. Gen. John Horner, and retired Maj. Gen. Mike "Boe" Boera discuss the current status and future of aerospace power with moderator and retired Lt. Gen. Glen W. “Wally” Moorhead III held during a ...
“Irregular warfare” isn’t just for special operations forces. A newly published summary of an annex to the 2018 National Defense Strategy argues that after decades of asymmetric conflict—wars where enemies have exploited weaknesses in U.S. technology and tactics—the Pentagon is still underprepared for that kind ...
Maj. Gen. John E. Shaw, the head of the Space Force's operations organization, is up for a promotion to be the deputy commander of U.S. Space Command, the Pentagon said Oct. 1. He would also rise to the rank of lieutenant general if confirmed by ...
Senior Department of the Air Force leaders have repeatedly tested negative for the coronavirus within the past several days, as news emerged early Oct. 2 that President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump contracted COVID-19. Top military officials, including Secretary of the Air ...
This video captures the "JADC2" panel from the Air Force Association's virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference, during which Lt. Gen. B.J. Shwedo, retired Lt. Gen. William J. Bender, Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman, and Maj. Gen. Angela Cadwell engaged in a discussion about joint all-domain ...
Watch a panel of distinguished space leaders—retired Gen. Joseph W. Ashy, retired Gen. Kevin Chilton, retired Gen. Ralph E. “Ed” Eberhart, retired Gen. Howell M. Estes III, retired Gen. Charles A. Horner, and retired Gen. Richard B. Myers—discuss the topic of fighting and winning in ...
Watch Brig. Gen. William H. Kale III, Brig. Gen. Patrice Melancon, retired Col. Lance H. Spencer, and Eric Silagy discuss "The Base of the Future" during a panel held as part of the Air Force Association's virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference. AFA Executive Vice ...
The Space Force will stand up its Space Systems Command to oversee software and hardware acquisition “sooner rather than later” in 2021, the service’s second-highest uniformed official said Oct. 1. Lt. Gen. David D. Thompson said during a Defense One event that the new systems ...
KC-135 Stratotankers from the 100th Air Refueling Wing at RAF Mildenhall, U.K., practiced supporting other aircraft in "Exercise Wolff Pack," a multinational event over Europe that ended Oct. 1. The three-day effort vetted the wing’s ability to deploy its aircraft to multiple places across Europe ...
Boeing has delayed the delivery of one KC-46 tanker to the New Hampshire Air National Guard because of an electrical problem on the airplane, though the company says it's a limited issue that will not broadly affect the schedule for the problem-ridden program. This particular ...
