Development of a new breed of unmanned aircraft is now underway, as three major defense companies earned contracts to start designing a future system known as “LongShot.” The LongShot program wants to create an unmanned weapons porter that can be shot from another plane before ...
Air Force fighter jets will lose out on the benefits of upgraded training ranges unless the service also decides to relocate certain squadrons, according to a new RAND Corp. report. The Air Force contends its crumbling, outdated training infrastructure doesn’t offer what Airmen need to ...
A B-1B bomber from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., landed in Bengaluru, India, on Feb. 3 as part of the Aero India trade show, marking the first time a U.S. bomber has landed in India since 1945. The Lancer, there for a Bomber Task Force ...
The military is shipping the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine overseas for administration to adult military dependents, and shots will be rolled out in a parallel manner to what's happening stateside, Defense Health Agency Director Army Lt. Gen. Ronald J. Place said. “We're shipping vaccine overseas right ...
If defense budgets are going to be flat, Pentagon leaders should opt for a different set of tradeoffs, emphasizing larger numbers of people and innovative concepts and less force structure and modernization as the right formula for near- and long-term readiness, according to a new ...
The Biden administration is continuing its predecessor’s policy of excluding Turkey from the international F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby indicated Feb. 5. Pentagon officials kicked Turkey, a NATO ally, out of the F-35 coalition because it bought the S-400 air defense ...
Fighter pilots can’t yet fire lasers on their real jets, but a new wargame series will let them try it out in cyberspace. Armed with computers and virtual reality headsets, F-16 pilots, F-15E weapon system officers, and an E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System air ...
Acting Air Force Secretary John P. Roth and USAF Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. ordered the Air Force Inspector General to conduct a “comprehensive review of installation security and trends” following the Feb. 4 breach at Joint Base Andrews, Md., in which ...
“An unauthorized individual” breached Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Feb. 4, a base spokesperson confirmed to Air Force Magazine via email. The Air Force Office of Special Investigations is leading the investigation into the incident, they said.
President Joe Biden outlined a return to a diplomacy-intensive foreign policy in a speech at the State Department Jan. 4. He pledged to “push back” against Russian and Chinese aggression, and said the U.S. will no longer aid Saudi Arabia in its war in Yemen, ...
The Defense Department on Feb. 4 issued an order requiring all service members and civilians on U.S. military installations—whether indoors or outdoors—to wear a mask to try to limit the spread of COVID-19, with limited exceptions. However, vaccines against the new coronavirus remain voluntary, and ...
U.S. and coalition aircraft closed out 2020 with a slight increase in airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, as the group lingers in the region and attempts to regain power. Between Dec. 1 and Dec. 31, 2020, coalition aircraft conducted 25 ...
