Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said Wednesday he is “not considering stop loss” as a means of retaining pilots in the service. Gen. Carlton Everhart, boss of Air Mobility Command, told CQ Roll Call Monday that the...
The impact of a year-long Fiscal 2017 continuing resolution on the Air Force would be “a $2.8 billion bill,” the service’s Chief of Staff David Goldfein said Wednesday. Because the service would refuse to “break faith” with congressionally mandated military...
The Air Force’s possible new close air support platform, which is currently scheduled for a demonstration by industry, will only be in addition to the current force structure level and will not include any cuts to current squadrons, the service’s...
The Air Force is contracting with Lockheed Martin to extend the service life of the F-16 fleet, as it begins to grapple with the decision to possibly retire the F-15C in favor of the Viper for certain missions. Lockheed announced...
After more than a year and a half of publicly acknowledging, and even praising, the deconfliction line set up between the US and Russia over flight safety in Syria, the Defense Department now says it will no longer discuss the...
The Iraqi and coalition advance into Western Mosul has slowed because of how well ISIS has dug itself in, and the group has been using civilians to shield it from airstrikes, the coalition said Wednesday. Air Force Col. John Dorrian,...
The Trump Administration’s ongoing nuclear posture review will look at “capabilities in cyber and capabilities in space” in its assessment of US strategic deterrence, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said Wednesday. “That’s all going to be in...
The Air Force units deployed to fight ISIS have set records, and expended thousands of munitions at an extremely high rate, the service’s head of operations said Wednesday. To highlight the intense operational tempo, Lt. Gen. Mark Nowland, the deputy...
The Air Force Association announced the winners of the CyberPatriot IX National Finals Competition, held earlier this month in Baltimore. North Hollywood, Calif., High School’s team “Togo” won the national championship in the Open Division, as well as the Leidos...