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New Report: Electrical Issue, Poor Weather Led to Fiery F-16 Crash in S. Korea Last Year
An electrical power disruption wreaked havoc on an F-16's flight and navigation instruments, and poor weather meant the pilot had no other way of gaining his bearings, resulting in a fiery crash in South Korea last year that destroyed the $29 million aircraft, according to ...
Services Eye One Terminal for All SATCOM, But Lawmakers Fear Lack of Coordination
The Space Force is working on a “hybrid” satellite communications terminal that can use multiple frequencies to connect warfighters with military and commercial constellations alike across orbits. But key lawmakers are concerned the effort is too focused on just the Department of the Air Force and ...
Daily Report: T-6 Pilot Death | Draft NDAA Cuts F-35s, Protects F-15s | USSF Plan for Guard Units Gets Boost
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Draft NDAA Would Let the Space Force Absorb Guard Units—with Restrictions
A draft version of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act would allow the Department of the Air Force to transfer Air National Guard units with space missions into the Space Force—with some limits, a seeming nod to the fierce pushback the proposal has faced in ...
Daily Report: Damaged B-2 Retiring | Sheltering Aircraft on the Ground from China | Space Flag Expands
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Biggest Space Flag Ever Takes On Operational Focus
The Space Force’s premier exercise restructured and expanded for its latest iteration last month, as planners emphasized Guardians’ ability to integrate into a larger operational plan. Space Flag 24-1 ran for three weeks in April at Schriever Space Force Base, Colo., with nearly 400 participants—a record ...
Daily Report: F-15s Get New Kill Markings | NATO Air Defense Exercise | CMSSF on Part-Time Guardians
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New Report: Space Force Should Develop Its Own Targeting Satellites
A new study argues the Space Force should build its own targeting satellites rather than try to collaborate with the National Reconnaissance Office.
Daily Report: Bussiere on Missile Cancer Study | B-21 and LRSO Testing On Track | Military Child Care Waitlist
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Air Force Delivers Report to Congress on Options for ANG Space Units. What Comes Next?
The Department of the Air Force has delivered a report to Congress recommending the transfer of Air National Guard units to the Space Force, calling it “by far the most advisable” option studied—even as growing opposition from lawmakers threatens to derail the idea.
Daily Report: AI, Human Roughly Even in Dogfights | Faster Cognition in Training | Drone Threat to US Bases
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Hinds Nominated to Be New Deputy Commander at USAFE
Maj. Gen. Jason T. Hinds has been nominated for a third star and to take over as deputy commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, the Pentagon announced May 8. If confirmed, Hinds would serve as the No. 2 behind Gen. James ...
In F-16 Dogfight, AI and Human Pilots Are ‘Roughly an Even Fight,’ Says Kendall
The artificial intelligence that controlled the F-16 on which Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall flew last week was evenly matched in dogfights against a human pilot with more than 2,000 flight hours, Kendall said May 8, as he made the case that autonomy will become ...
Daily Report: Costly Repairs for Guam | Allvin on 2nd Round of CCAs | B-52s Fly in Philippine Exercise
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Brown: Doctrine Changes Helped USAF Respond to Iran’s Strikes on Israel
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. still “believes” in his mantra of “Accelerate Change or Lose”—and indicated the doctrinal changes it produced when he was Air Force Chief of Staff played a role in the service’s recent response to Iran’s ...
Daily Report: F-22 Mishap | Hurricane Hunters Stretched Thin | Kendall Flies in AI-Piloted F-16
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Daily Report: New INDOPACOM Commander | CV-22 Returns to Flight | Why Guardsmen Don’t Want to Transfer to USSF
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Air Guardsmen Explain Why They Don’t Want to Switch to the Space Force
Air National Guardsmen called a proposal to transfer their units into the Space Force an “existential threat” to the Guard and dangerous for national security, the latest volley of criticism of the idea that Department of the Air Force leaders are pushing Congress to adopt. In ...