October 07, 2011

Anduril CCA Switches AI Pilots Midflight

Feb. 25, 2026

Anduril Industries flew its YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft with not one, but two different mission software systems Feb. 24, an Air Force official revealed at AFA’s Warfare Symposium.

Equal Benefits for Equal Work: New Policy, Pending Bill, Aim to Close Gaps for Reservists

Feb. 25, 2026

The Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard are working to equalize their members' status and benefits with those of Active-Duty members when both serve in the same missions.

Revealed from Space: China’s Biggest Red Sword Exercise and a Rapid Industrial Buildup

Feb. 25, 2026

China’s premier air exercise, analogous to the U.S. Air Force’s Red Flag, encompassed around 200 aircraft, spanned 1,200 nautical miles, and lasted five weeks to close 2025, according to an intelligence analysis revealed at AFA’s Warfare Symposium.

WATCH: Deptula Unpacks the Aging Aircraft Crisis in ‘Year of Readiness’

Feb. 25, 2026

Lt. Gen. David Deptula, USAF (Ret.), Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, unpacks the keynotes and headline sessions from AFA’s 2026 Warfare Symposium to break down why Department of the Air Force leaders are calling this year the...

AMC Still Open to Wide Range of Options for New Tanker, Including Family of Systems

Feb. 25, 2026

Air Mobility Command has not ruled out a family of systems strategy for the service’s Next-Generation Air Refueling System.

Air Force Expanding ‘Airminded’ Exercises from New BMT to Tech Schools

Feb. 24, 2026

The Air Force has restructured its tech schools to ensure new service members don’t forget that they are Airmen first despite their specialty—the primary lesson of the service’s recent transformation of basic military training.

Space Force Moving to Upgrade Its Elements of Long-Range Kill Chains

Feb. 24, 2026

The Space Force is moving to bolster its contributions to the long-range kill chains that industry and government officials agree the U.S. will need in a large-scale conflict, leaders said Feb. 24 at AFA’s Warfare Symposium.

SPACECOM Offering Bonuses to Staffers Who Make the Move to Alabama

Feb. 24, 2026

U.S. Space Command will offer “significant relocation bonuses” to its civilians who choose to move to the command’s new home in Huntsville, Ala., after President Donald Trump ordered the headquarters to relocate last September. “We are trying to do everything we can to incentivize our workforce,” Gen. Stephen N. Whiting…

New ‘Ringleader’ Exercise Series to Test DAF Battle Network

Feb. 24, 2026

The Air Force and Space Force are preparing to kick off a series of exercises called “Ringleader” aimed at testing the services’ ability to integrate the troves of data collected by ground, air, and space sensors, and use it to track and engage enemy targets.

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