The Air Force has fully implemented its new syllabus for training pilots, Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT), formerly known as "UPT 2.5," the head of the service’s flying training enterprise said recently. But more tweaks might be coming, Maj. Gen. Clark Quinn, the commander of the ...
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Coming off of a massive exercise over the Pacific Ocean this summer, Gen, Mike Minihan, head of Air Mobility Command, says improving the connectivity between mobility air and ground crews is the best investment the Air Force can make for preparing the enterprise to operate ...
With procurement contracts and practices under the microscope in the media and before Congress, companies supporting the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and other government agencies must remain mindful of the need to offer the best possible value. Lean management,...
U.S. Strategic Command is facing “low margin transition” with its triad of air, land, and underwater nuclear forces being modernized simultaneously, officials say. ”I think we as a nation understand that it's not a ‘Should we?’ It’s a ‘We must,’” STRATCOM commander Gen. Anthony J. ...
A new research paper predicts that warming air temperatures driven by climate change could reduce the amount of cargo a C-17 Globemaster III transport jet can carry by 8.5 percent across much of the world by 2039, and by as much as 29 percent year-round ...
While Collaborative Combat Aircraft, the unmanned autonomous aircraft the Air Force plans to spend billions on in the coming years, are viewed as a way to extend the reach of manned fighters, the Air Force is eyeing other missions and organization to wring the most ...
The Department of Defense and the Army last month revived a dormant effort to build a target drone that can mimic cutting-edge adversary aircraft—and perhaps breathing new life into the Air Force’s own plans for a “Next Generation Aerial Target.”
While Air Force pilots battle in the sky at the William Tell fighter meet, maintainers will face off to determine who is the best weapons load crew in the service.
The first F-35s with the Tech Refresh-3 upgrade—largely a processor upgrade upon which the Block 4 configuration of the fighter will ride—will be delivered before the middle of next year, a Lockheed Martin spokesperson said Sept. 6. But that will have an impact on Air ...