U.S. warplanes intercepted four Russian aircraft operating near Alaska, the Department of Defense announced Feb. 14. But the U.S. stressed the Russian mission was not unsafe or provocative and the aircraft did not pose a threat.
Lt. Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich, commander of Air Forces Central, supports the Pentagon’s broad shift in focus toward countering China, but sees a role for his command to help reassure regional allies and enhance the U.S. military capabilities in the region, he said Feb. 13.
Air assets and strategic partnerships remain pivotal components to the Pentagon’s basing strategy, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region, Mara Karlin, assistant secretary of Defense for strategy, plans, and capabilities, said during a Brookings Institution online forum Feb. 10.In the Indo-Pacific, Karlin emphasized recent “posture investments” ...
Russia has violated the landmark New START treaty that cut long-range nuclear arms by refusing to allow on-site inspections, the State Department said Jan. 31. Without on-site inspections, the U.S. cannot precisely verify the number of warheads Russia has deployed, which has made assessing Moscow’s compliance ...
The Space Force must transition from delivering behind-the-scenes support to playing a more active role in which space capabilities are continuously tested and contested—and it must do so in as short a time as possible, said Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman in ...
American and Western officials have grown increasingly concerned about Arctic security and Russia’s threat to the region, and even as Russia’s military has been degraded by its losses in Ukraine, its Arctic forces remain strong, according to a new report from the Center for Strategic ...
The inability to rapidly replace munitions being provided to Ukraine should be a “flashing red light” that the industrial base needs rethinking, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said on an American Enterprise Institute webcast. The U.S. is "clearly not ready" for a war over Taiwan, he ...
On the eve of a pivotal meeting on how to help Ukraine respond to Russia’s nearly yearlong invasion, the Biden administration announced a $2.5 billion military aid package Jan. 19, which will send Stryker armored personnel carriers for the first time and also provide “critical ...
Passive defenses—including hardened aircraft shelters, asset dispersal, prepositioned munitions and the ability to rapidly repair runways—are the most cost-effective air base defense investments, according to a new RAND Corporation report. However, the Air Force should invest in a multifaceted combination of active and passive defenses ...
Almost exactly sixteen years ago in early 2007, then-Lt. Col. B. Chance Saltzman was the commander of the 614th Space Operations Squadron, working at what was then called the Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The JSpOC was less than two years ...
When the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meets in Germany late this month, provision of fighters to Ukraine will be a key topic of discussion, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe and retired Gen. Tod D. Wolters said. While he thinks it should happen, he sees the ...
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. continued his sweep through Eastern Europe this week, completing trips to Latvia and Lithuania from Dec. 19 to 21. In those visits, Brown discussed “integrated air and missile defense” with leaders from both countries’ militaries, ...