Adam J. Hebert

Years of talk about hearts and minds being the key to winning the war on terror haven’t been met by effective action. In fact, the US seems to be losing the global information war, said Chuck de Caro, strategist and...

Orlando, February 19, 2010—Air Force Global Strike Command, which assumed responsibility for the nation’s nuclear-capable bomber force a scant 18 days ago, will be a forceful advocate for long range strike capabilities. So said Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz, AFGSC commander,...

Orlando, February 18, 2010—Asked what issues airmen raise with him as he visits deployed forces, CMSAF James Roy said combat skills training is the No. 1 concern. Speaking at AFA’s Air Warfare Symposium, Roy said the need for proper combat...

The Air Force’s space enterprise is busy designing, building, and delivering a healthy number of new satellite systems, but the military space enterprise is not immune to the same sorts of industrial base concerns that haunt other USAF mission areas....

Overall space budgets will be uncertain the next few years, but USAF needs to keep pushing to make space capabilities more responsive, said Gen. Bob Kehler, head of Air Force Space Command. The nation needs operationally responsive space “as a...

Brady Says: NATO has expanded from 16 nations to 28 in just over decade, but the manpower and equipment assigned to US Air Forces in Europe has been steadily declining since the end of the Cold War. This has created...

“We as an Air Force should not apologize to anybody for providing a high-quality of services … at our installations,” said Lt. Gen. Richard Newton III, deputy chief of staff for personnel. Speaking Sept. 15 at AFA’s Air & Space...

Joint Forces Command officials find there are questions about the role of airpower—and the perceived role of airpower—in joint operations. And, some of the “implications” laid out in JFCOM’s Capstone Concept for Joint Operations (CCJO) led to a lively exchange...

Emphasizing the team effort of modern warfare, Gen. Norton Schwartz, USAF Chief of Staff, said Sept. 15 at AFA’s Air & Space Conference that there is no victory or defeat in war for the Air Force—only success or “stumbles” for...

Air Force Space Command officials often speak at length about on-orbit systems and capabilities, but the head of the command would like you to remember that military space exists for one reason only: to support the needs of combat forces....

It is too soon to tell if the city of Valparaiso’s attempts to halt F-35 basing at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida will affect training plans for the Joint Strike Fighter, Gen. Stephen Lorenz said Feb. 27. Under BRAC...

Irregular warfare might be the 21st century norm for the United States, and cyber warfare might represent the epitome in irregular war, Gen. Bob Kehler, commander of Air Force Space Command, said Friday at AFA’s Air Warfare Symposium. “We are...

The Air Force could move the mobility missions currently performed out of Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan to one or multiple locations when the time comes to leave this summer, said Lt. Gen. Gary North in a Thursday night meeting...

Air Force Secretary Michael Donley has agreed to stay on the job as SECAF under the Obama administration. Gen. Norton Schwartz, Chief of Staff, made the announcement, with Donley sitting next to him, Feb. 26 during a press briefing at...

If the next Administration wants to continue with F-22 production, it has until March 2009 to make a stable funding commitment before costs really begin to rise, says the Air Force’s top uniformed acquisition official. The outgoing Administration failed to...