Fifth AF without F-15s; Collaborative Combat Aircraft; Layered missile defense in Guam.
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Gen. B. Chance “Salty” Saltzman became the second-ever Chief of Space Operations Nov. 2, bringing with him a resume unlikely ever to be repeated.
News that the Air Force has begun to draw down its two F-15 squadrons at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, shows the cascading effect of decisions made years ago.
All that matters is getting [hardware] to warfighters at scale.
The growing frequency of intentional and unintentional incidents in space proves the case for resiliency.
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.
The Department of the Air Force’s chief information officer offered glimpses into a future with “intelligent warfare” during a webinar Nov. 30 by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. Beyond simply “informationized warfare,” with its universal digital connectivity and plentiful computing power, “intelligent warfare” goes ...
China is rapidly modernizing its nuclear forces and aims to flex its growing military clout, according to a new Pentagon report. "It certainly is a dramatically accelerated pace," a senior defense official told reporters in connection with the report's release. "They've got a rapid buildup ...