Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. unveiled new imagery of the secretive B-21 Raider during his keynote address at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber conference on Sept. 12, the first glimpse of the stealthy bomber in months.
Operational Imperatives
The U.S military may have only brief moments of space superiority, so it must be ready to act as a team to exploit those moments, panelists said at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber conference on Sept. 11.
After years of planning, experiments, and discussion, the Department of the Air Force is ready to start modernizing its command and control capabilities now, the top general overseeing the effort said Sept. 11. “The modernization of C2 isn't tomorrow, it’s today,” Brig. Gen. Luke C.G. Cropsey, ...
The Air Force will pursue five lines of effort toward a speedy restructuring of the force, aimed at optimizing for great power conflict, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said.
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. ...
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.”
The United States Air Force (USAF) relies on the C-17 Globemaster III and it’s extraordinary transport capabilities to quickly and safely conduct missions worldwide – and has for decades. In August 2021, the C-17 and its aircrew expanded those powers,...
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has announced a sweeping review of Air and Space Force readiness, to be completed in January 2024, aiming to hone the services' edge and heighten deterrence against China. Kendall promises major change and directed Airmen and Guardians to start sizing ...