Two US bombers escorted by South Korean F-15K Slam Eagles on Wednesday conducted the second show of force in Korea since the North conducted its fifth nuclear test on Sept. 9, flying closer to the demilitarized zone than any other...
The fact that Operation Inherent Resolve has not been led by an airman even though it is mostly an air war does not mean an airman could not do the job, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford said....
The Air Force needs to be a training force to grow indigenous air power in countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan so they can keep up the fight without continued heavy US investment, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
For the first time in years, the Pentagon’s National Military Strategy will be classified, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff announced Wednesday. Gen. Joseph Dunford said at ASC16 the decision to classify the strategy will encourage more open...
Although Air Mobility Command chief Gen. Carlton Everhart seems convinced that the tanker recapitalization program should be more KC-46s and a new, stealthy “KC-Z,” those are ideas that will have to be explored, Air Force acquisition chief Darlene Costello told...
The final JSTARS Recap request for proposal is “ready to release,” but “we continue our engagement” with Capitol Hill to resolve the acquisition strategy before it can go out, Darlene Costello, Air Force acquisition chief, told reporters at ASC16. The...
The US military hasn’t focused enough on electronic warfare in recent years, US Strategic Command nominee Gen. John Hyten said Tuesday. “I look at it in my own service, where the electronic warfare missions in the United States Air Force...
Russia and China are building capabilities to cripple US operations in space, Gen. John Hyten, the nominee to lead US Strategic Command, told lawmakers Tuesday. “We have an amazing force structure in space, and both the Chinese and the Russians...
Figuring out how to respond to a North Korea that is capable of striking the Unites States will be at the top of Gen. John Hyten’s to-do list if he is confirmed to command US Strategic Command. “It’s hard to...
Iraqi forces are trained and ready for the fight to retake Mosul, and are just awaiting the go ahead from Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi. US and coalition forces have trained enough Iraqi troops for the battle against ISIS,...
Autonomy, artificial intelligence, and man-machine interfaces are among the key technologies of the “Third Offset” approach to restoring the asymmetry between the US and its peer competitors, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work explained in his speech at ASC16. Work said...
A request for proposals for a replacement of Global Strike Command’s aged UH-1N nuclear support helicopter force will be out in November, Air Force acquisition chief Darlene Costello told reporters at ASC16. “We’re going to see how much we can...
Once the Air Force gets approval to proceed, it can start “in 120-150 days” to launch an evaluation of off-the-shelf light close air support aircraft, but only as a possible prelude to an acquisition program, USAF acquisition chief Darlene Costello...
The Air Force has come up with seven lines of attack for protecting its weapons systems from cyber threats, said Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, at ASC16 on Wednesday. The first involves analyzing the mission threat...
The AR1 rocket engine, a potential replacement for the Russian-made RD-180, is on track to be certified in 2019, Aerojet Rocketdyne’s senior vice president for strategy and business development said Tuesday. During a media briefing at ASC16, Jim Simpson touted...
Capability development is one of the “really important strategic initiatives at the Air Staff-level” that will have a long-lasting effect on how the service does acquisition in the future, said Jeff Stanley, USAF associate deputy assistant secretary for science, technology,...
From accredited degrees to basic training, CMSAF James Cody emphasized the importance of education among enlisted members during his speech at ASC16 Wednesday morning. Despite having the smallest Air Force in history, the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF)...
Though airmen in less critical specialties have the opportunity to cross-train to areas where the Air Force is feeling more of the squeeze, it is essential that they have some experience in their new area, said CMSAF James Cody at...
The Air Force is committed to reviewing and reducing additional duties where they can, said CMSAF James Cody at ASC16. “A lot of effort is being focused right now” on two areas that impact every airman: ancillary training and computer-based...
The core curriculum of the Air Force Academy, Colo., is currently being revised by a panel of Academy faculty in order to reduce the overall number of courses and provide greater flexibility to cadets, said Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson, Academy...
The Air Force has doubled the number of RPA pilots it trains—from 192 to 384—in the past year, said Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson Wednesday at ASC16. This increase has required a “monumental effort” from Air Education and Training Command, Roberson...
Pacific Air Forces has shifted into a warfighting command, with airmen across the region ready to fight at a moment’s notice due to the changing security landscape, the command’s leader said Wednesday. PACAF Commander Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy said that, historically,...
