Chauncy McIntosh, Lockheed Martin’s vice president and general manager of the F-35 Lightning II program, shares a special message with the winners of the U.S. Space Force’s 2024 Polaris Award winners, who are being honored at the 2025 AFA Warfare...
AFA Warfare Symposium
WORLD: Re-optimizing the Forces: Big Changes Coming; the Future of Deployments; Warrant Officers.
Three decades of underfunding and deferred modernization have left the Air Force ill-equipped for peer conflict, and there’s only one way to fix that: Spend big.
The Department of the Air Force’s plans to “reoptimize for great power competition” have gotten a skeptical reception in Congress, as lawmakers are asking for more information before any changes go into effect and asking for an audit of the decision-making process.
Thousands of Airmen, Guardians, civilians, industry officials, and airpower advocates gathered in Aurora, Colo., from Feb. 12-14 for the AFA Warfare Symposium. Department of the Air Force leaders unveiled sweeping, historic changes as part of their “re-optimization for great power competition” and unpacked what it ...
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass and Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force John F. Bentivegna shared the stage at the AFA Warfare Symposium on Feb. 13, 2024, to discuss issues affecting enlisted Airmen and Guardians such as pay, quality of life, ...
Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations, spoke about the State of the Space Force, including success stories like the Space Development Agency and the Victus Nox mission and future efforts like Space Futures Command at the AFA Warfare Symposium on Feb. 12, 2024. Watch the ...
Gen. David W. Allvin, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, spoke about the State of the Air Force and a fundamental shift in airpower at the AFA Warfare Symposium on Feb. 12, 2024. Watch the video or read the transcript.
Lt. Gen. Adrian L. Spain, deputy chief of staff for operations, and Brig. Gen. David C. Epperson, director of current operations, spoke with Air & Space Forces Magazine editor-in-chief Tobias Naegele at the AFA Warfare Symposium on Feb. 13, 2024 about Air Task Forces, Combat Wings, and the ...