The crash of an Air Force CV-22 Osprey last year off Japan that killed eight Airmen was caused by a “catastrophic failure” in one aircraft’s gearboxes that led to an “unrecoverable” loss of control just as the crew was about to conduct an emergency landing, ...
Lt. Gen. Michael Conley succeeded Lt. Gen. Tony D. Bauernfeind as the head of Air Force Special Operations Command in a ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Fla., on July 2, while halfway around the world, an AFSOC CV-22 Osprey took flight at Yokota Air Base, Japan, ...
Maj. Gen. Thomas P. Sherman has been named vice superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy and will step in as interim superintendent until Lt. Gen. Tony D. Bauernfeind is confirmed by the Senate, the school announced May 29.
Air Force Special Operations Command boss Lt. Gen. Tony D. Bauernfeind has been nominated to take over as superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy, and his current director of operations Brig. Gen. Michael E. Conley is set to jump two ranks and succeed him ...
Air Force Special Operations Command has determined what part failed in the CV-22 Osprey crash that killed eight Airmen in November—but is still determining why that failure occurred. An AFSOC spokesperson declined to identify the material failure to Air & Space Forces Magazine.
The U.S. military announced Dec. 6 that it is standing down its entire fleet of Ospreys after eight Airmen were killed in a crash. The Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy are all standing down Osprey operations after an Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22 ...
The head of Air Force Special Operations Command envisions a future where MQ-9 Reaper drones act as ‘capital ships’ from which smaller uncrewed aerial systems launch to establish a sensor grid or a communications pathway for the joint force.
To make the Air Force’s concept of Agile Combat Employment work across the vast reaches of the Indo-Pacific, the head of Pacific Air Forces wants to clear jungle that's overgrown World War II-era airfields while the Air Forces top special operator wants faster vertical lift ...
The Air Force’s final MC-130H Combat Talon II made its last flight April 2, Air Force Special Operations Command announced. The last of the aircraft, Tail Number 89-0280, took off from Hurlburt Field, Fla., crewed by members of the 15th Special Operations Squadron and AFSOC ...
Less than a year after he was nominated to head Air Force Global Strike Command, Gen. Anthony J. Cotton is in line for another promotion, as President Joe Biden has nominated him to be the next leader of U.S. Strategic Command. If confirmed, Cotton would ...
Stuart Pettis, the Air Force Association's director of aerospace education programs, hosts Lt. Gen. Tony D. Bauernfeind, vice commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, and Lt. Gen. James C. “Jim” Slife, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, in a discussion about "Special Operations in ...
Air Force Special Operations Command's shift to great power competition will mean more forward-deployed engagements with allies and partners in Europe and the Indo-Pacific. "It's going to be special operations forces that are forward, that are partnering with our allies and partners to make sure ...