Ashton Carter, President Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, indicated Tuesday he would push for the US to provide weapons to the Ukrainian government, which is battling Russian separatists. During his nomination hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Carter...
All the arguments for retiring the A-10 have only gotten more compelling in the last year, not less, and that’s why the Air Force is proposing it again, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh said. In an interview with Air...
Critics of the Air Force’s plan to retire the A-10 have pointed to the airplane’s use in the battle against ISIS as proof the jet is still relevant, but optics had no influence on its deployment, Chief of Staff Gen....
The Air Force’s Fiscal 2016 budget proposal accelerates the Long Range Standoff missile program by two years, partially making up for past delays due to fiscal constraints. The future nuclear-capable cruise missile will replace the Air Launched Cruise Missile, which...
Maj. Jeremiah Parvin, an A-10C pilot and director of operations at the 75th Fighter Squadron at Moody AFB, Ga., and Capt. Aaron Cavazos, 61st Fighter Squadron weapons officer at Luke AFB, Ariz., were recently awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for...
The day after ISIS terrorists announced the execution of a captured Jordanian pilot, Defense Secretary nominee Ashton Carter promised the Senate Armed Services Committee he would work to speed both lethal and non-?lethal aid to the Jordanian government in Amman....
Ashton Carter, President Obama’s nominee to be the next Defense Secretary, faced the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday in a mostly congenial nomination hearing that touched on procurement, policy, sequestration, and providing candid advice to the White House. Carter,...
NATO’s new MQ-9 Reaper Users Group met for the first time in Paris this week to share cooperative ISR capabilities, French air force officials announced. USAF Reaper operators along with Britain’s Royal Air Force, the French Armee de l’Air, and...
NASA’s M2-F1 Lifting Body, tested at Edwards AFB, Calif., in the 1960s went on display at Edward’s Air Force Flight Test Museum late last month. “This is a hand built, one of a kind aircraft, designed to test the concept...
