A detailed guide to the aircraft, aerial target systems, weapons systems, and satellite systems in USAF and USSF inventory.
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Delay of the National Defense Strategy leaves Capitol Hill and Congress scrambling for direction.
The commander of U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT), Lt. Gen. Gregory M. Guillot, spoke with Air Force Magazine from the AFCENT headquarters at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.
Total aircraft inventory; aircraft inventory trends; ICBM and satellite inventory; aircraft age; tail codes.
Cyber standards set for commercial vendors; What if GPS goes dark?: Senators vie for New Space National Guard; USSF plans to add three new intelligence squadrons; MDA wants its own satellites.
New USAF Brown and Blue Books; Refusing COVID vaccine leads to general discharges; 10-year low in E-7 promotions; Space Force eases uniform policies; AMC endurance record set.
Recent wargaming results; ARRW at hypersonic speed; Advanced F-22 capabilities revealed.
B-21 first flight postponed; New Air Force One coming; LaPlante sees risk in Sentinel ICBM.
Flying hours decline; Contract Red Air; Tyndall rebuild.
“World’s Greatest Air Force” is not a lifetime title like “Supreme Court Justice.”
The Air Force has nine major commands and two Air Reserve Components. (Air Force Reserve Command is both a majcom and an ARC.) In late 2019, Air Force Space Command was redesignated U.S. Space Force, a separate military branch under the Department of the Air ...