B-52s deployed to fight ISIS have almost doubled their rate of strikes over the past four weeks, as airmen have built up the infrastructure and tactics at Al Udeid AB, Qatar, necessary for the massive bomber. Stratofortresses began flying strikes...
The Air Force needs to revitalize its squadrons because their cohesion has been inadvertently picked apart through years of wartime deployments. This has long-standing repercussions for the force, as squadrons are the service’s organizational building block, Chief of Staff Gen....
As the service downsized over the last 25 years, 15 of which have been spent at war, USAF “focused on tooth versus tail,” Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh told Air Force Magazine. “We created a second order effect that...
The enhanced capabilities of adversaries’ air defense systems are changing the way the Air Force plans to gain air superiority in future conflicts, Air Combat Command’s vice chief, Maj. Gen. Jerry Harris, told lawmakers Saturday. Harris spoke before the House...
The Air Force’s primary air-to-air missile will soon require recapitalization, Maj. Gen. Jerry Harris, Air Combat Command’s vice commander, informed lawmakers Saturday. In a prepared statement to the House Armed Services Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, Harris said the...
The next administration needs to continue the Air Force’s push for the Space Fence because space junk is becoming more and more of a threat to the country’s space operations, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said. The amount of...
The Defense Department is making a large investment in research and development in an effort to address future threats. The Pentagon’s Fiscal 2017 budget request includes $72 billion in research and development, which is more than Apple, Intel, and Google...
More than 60,000 people gathered in Okinawa, Japan, Sunday to protest the US military’s presence there. The protesters called for the closure of US bases on the island after an American was arrested for the murder of a 20-year-old Japanese...
