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In Grassroots Effort, Airmen Worldwide Come Together to Grieve SrA Roger Fortson
In a grassroots effort, Airmen around the world are coming together to remember Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, who was killed by a sheriff’s deputy in Florida on May 3. On the social media platform Discord, Airmen from locations as distant as Osan Air Base, ...
What Will USAF Do With the Money It Saves from Retiring a B-2?
After the Air Force recently revealed it will divest one of its 20 remaining B-2 bombers, deeming it uneconomical to fix after a December 2022 mishap, a service spokesperson said the projected savings associated with the move—some $176 million in operations and maintenance over the ...
Pentagon, USAF Report Decrease in Sexual Assault, But Most Women Don’t Trust System
Sexual assaults in the U.S. military decreased for the first time in nearly a decade last year, according to a survey released May 16—but the Defense Department still faces deep mistrust among many women service members in how it handles cases. Both reported and estimated ...
F-22s Practice Dogfights over the Korean Peninsula with ROK F-35s
A pair of U.S. F-22s practiced dogfighting with South Korean F-35As on May 16, making a rare appearance over the peninsula's inland airspace. Four Raptors arrived earlier this week at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. The F-22s, assigned to the 19th and 199th Expeditionary Fighter ...
New Report: Electrical Issue, Poor Weather Led to Fiery F-16 Crash in S. Korea Last Year
An electrical power disruption wreaked havoc on an F-16's flight and navigation instruments, and poor weather meant the pilot had no other way of gaining his bearings, resulting in a fiery crash in South Korea last year that destroyed the $29 million aircraft, according to ...
Services Eye One Terminal for All SATCOM, But Lawmakers Fear Lack of Coordination
The Space Force is working on a “hybrid” satellite communications terminal that can use multiple frequencies to connect warfighters with military and commercial constellations alike across orbits. But key lawmakers are concerned the effort is too focused on just the Department of the Air Force and ...
LaPlante: ‘Nunn-McCurdy Or Not,’ US Must Have ICBM Leg of Triad
No matter what happens with the Nunn-McCurdy review of the Sentinel ICBM program, the nation must have a land-based element of its nuclear triad, Pentagon acquisition and sustainment chief William LaPlante told the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee.
Deployments of the Future: Here Are the First 6 Air Task Force Locations
As part of an overhaul of its force deployment, the Air Force announced six initial locations on May 15 that will test its new model of Air Task Forces.
F-16 Demo Team Rolls Out 50th Anniversary Paint Scheme
The Air Force F-16 Viper Demonstration team rolled out a new paint job on May 15 celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the YF-16, the prototype that took off by accident from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. on Jan. 20, 1974.
Make The Right Decision: Consolidate Space Units into a Single Component
The Space Force rightly wants to consolidate the Department’s entire space portfolio. Resistance has been strong. But a measure now in Congress would formalize the Space Force vision to unify the space missions now fulfilled by the Air Guard into the Space Force. Congress should ...
Air Force Weapons School Celebrates 75 Years of Adapting to New Challenges
As the Air Force changes, so do its schools, and nowhere is that more apparent than the Air Force Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., which celebrates its 75th anniversary this week.
Daily Report: T-6 Pilot Death | Draft NDAA Cuts F-35s, Protects F-15s | USSF Plan for Guard Units Gets Boost
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Top Lawmakers Want to Slash F-35 Production, Put Funds Toward Test Capacity
Exasperated with the delays to the F-35’s Tech Refresh 3 update—which has held up deliveries of completed fighters since last fall—the House Armed Services Committee wants to slash the military services’ fiscal 2025 F-35 purchase by at least 10 aircraft and as much as 20.
Allvin: What Ukraine and the Middle East Have Shown USAF About Airpower
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin highlighted the shifting definition and relevance of air superiority in modern warfare at Council on Foreign Relations event on May 13.
House Defense Bill Would Slow F-15E Retirements, Add Future F-15EXs
The leading lawmaker on the House Armed Services Committee is proposing significant changes to the Air Force’s plans for its F-15 fleet, preventing the service from cutting 26 F-15E Strike Eagles and adding money for more F-15EX Eagles IIs in 2026, according to a draft ...
Draft NDAA Would Let the Space Force Absorb Guard Units—with Restrictions
A draft version of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act would allow the Department of the Air Force to transfer Air National Guard units with space missions into the Space Force—with some limits, a seeming nod to the fierce pushback the proposal has faced in ...
T-6 Instructor Pilot Dies After Ejection Seat Goes Off on the Ground
An Air Force instructor pilot died early in the morning on May 14 from injuries sustained when the pilot’s T-6A Texan II training plane ejection seat activated during ground operations the day before, the 82nd Training Wing at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, announced.
Daily Report: Damaged B-2 Retiring | Sheltering Aircraft on the Ground from China | Space Flag Expands
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