The Air Force is close to awarding at least two and maybe three contracts for the first increment of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, Secretary Frank Kendall said. The first deals for Increment 2, despite being still in its early stages, is expected to be ...
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How the Air Force deploys and presents forces will get a revamp as part of the department’s larger re-optimization efforts, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin said Feb. 12. Speaking at the start of the AFA Warfare Symposium, Allvin outlined a shift to away from ...
The Air Force and Space Force rolled out sweeping changes to the services’ organization, manning, readiness, and weapons development Feb. 12 at the AFA Warfare Symposium. The changes aim to ratchet up readiness and gain a warfighting edge in the face of intensifying great power ...
Air Force Thunderbirds F-16s return to conduct flyover for Super Bowl on Feb. 11 in their home turf at the Allegiant Stadium in Nevada.
While the Pentagon’s chief weapons tester continues to have concerns about the MH-139 helicopter, the Air Force is on the verge of finishing developmental testing of the aircraft and fielding it at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont.; and Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. The Grey Wolf ...
Gen. Kevin B. Schneider took command of the Pacific Air Forces, succeeding Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach in a Feb. 9 ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii. Schneider has deep operational experience in the Indo-Pacific; he previously served as commander of U.S. Forces-Japan and the ...
Nearly 48 years after the A-10 Thunderbolt II first arrived at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., the base started its long transition to a new mission set by retiring its first attack jet. Built in 1982, tail number 82-648 taxied out of the 354th Fighter ...
The B-21 Raider was structured for a low production rate to make it less vulnerable to budget cuts, Pentagon acquisition and sustainment chief William LaPlante said Feb. 8, in comments suggesting the bomber may never be produced at high rates.
An F-16 fighter pilot was recognized on Feb. 7 for saving his aircraft from a near-disastrous mishap two years ago.