IT Modernization

Air Force leaders today are making significant decisions about the future force, betting on the promise of autonomous collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) as a means to increase the Air Force’s combat capacity.
Less than a year after announcing the rollout of a new online platform for evaluations, the Air Force is pausing use of the system amid a deluge of complaints from Airmen. The service initially promised that the platform, dubbed myEval, would be a “21st century IT application” ...

World: Acquisition

Nov. 3, 2022
What the B-52 will look like after engine upgrade; B-21 roll out set for Dec. 2.

World: Modernization

Sept. 2, 2022
Brig. Gen. Dale White, program executive officer for fighters and advanced aircraft, said much of the recent service-life extension program (SLEP) work on the F-16 has bought years of additional life for the type, and he’s gotten no instructions to start work on its successor, ...

World: Modernization

Aug. 12, 2022
Skunk Works sees value in MUM-T; Firms bid on JADC2 contract; F-22s head to Poland; Mackay Trophy to AC-130J Crews; USAF's next Aircrew helmet; Randall Walden to advise William LaPlante; Issues with Martin-Baker's ejection seat.

World: The Pacific

Aug. 12, 2022
PACAF competes with China; B-2 BTF deploys to Australia; Q&A with Alaska Command's Lt. Gen. David Krumm