The blue ribbon panel that is set to determine the fate of the Air Force’s future manned fighter will provide its recommendations by the end of the year, the service’s top officer said Oct. 25.
As tensions spiral in the Middle East, U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from Germany have flown to the region, U.S. Central Command said Oct. 25. The F-16s are from the 480th Fighter Squadron at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, and represent some of the service’s ...
As the Air Force leans into its reforms to better deter the Chinese military, Chief of Staff David W. Allvin is pitching his ideas at a meeting with his Asian counterparts at the Air Force Forum in Tokyo, which runs Oct. 14-Oct. 16.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin wants Airmen to read up on the history of airpower failures and military decision-making to better prepare for the next conflict and learn how to harness artificial intelligence effectively and ethically, among other new updates to ...
The Air Force and Space Force will have to manage a delicate balance between building readiness and preparing forces as they conduct more realistic, large-scale exercises, senior leaders said Sept. 18 at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference.
The Air Force is hoping to slash the cost of the Next-Generation Air Dominance fighter from hundreds of millions per copy to less than $80 million, secretary Frank Kendall said. It might be done by disaggregating the fighter’s functions and possibly making it uncrewed.
The Air Force stood up a provisional version of the new command to coordinate its ambitious modernization efforts, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin announced. The command is expected to achieve full operational capability in 2025.
The Air Force has chosen Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., as the second Main Operating Base for the new B-21 Raider bomber. Whiteman has hosted the B-2 Spirit bomber for 31 years.
At the change of command ceremony for Air Forces Southern on Sept. 11, the traditional passing of the guidon to new boss Maj. Gen. David A. Mineau looked a little different from past events—it was Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin handing over the ...
The U.S. Air Force’s plan to operate from an expanded network of bases around the Pacific is facing a familiar but fundamental challenge: how to protect those locations from a Chinese missile attack. The Air Force and Army say they are working on a solution.
The Air Force’s sweeping effort to re-optimize for Great Power Competition needs to extend to families, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin wrote in a memo last week, urging Airmen, their loved ones, and community leaders to prepare for a potential conflict or contingency.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin is pushing for platforms that are “built to adapt” rapidly to new advacements in technology. “Why? The pace of change,” he told Air & Space Forces Magazine recently.