Watch: An Effects-Based Approach to Force Structure Decisions from AFA’s vASC 2020

Sept. 30, 2020

Video: Air Force Association on YouTube

Lt. Gen. David Deptula, dean of the Air Force Association’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, moderates this panel discussion featuring Lt. Gen. David S. Nahom, Lt. Gen. S. Clinton Hinote, Lt. Gen. William J. Liquori Jr., and William LaPlante. The panel was part of AFA’s virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference.

Rocket Cargo Ideas Heat Up as One Possible Provider Hits a Snag

Dec. 2, 2021

Reports of production troubles on the SpaceX rocket that could contend for military cargo deliveries happened to coincide with a different company’s concept receiving an early nod—one that might not require a rocket at all.

Space Force Rideshare Launch Will Help Create ‘Freight Train to Space’

Dec. 2, 2021

The Space Test Program (STP)-3 launch scheduled for Dec. 5 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., will prototype new warfighter capabilities, add nuclear launch detection sensors to orbit, and enhance Space Force efforts to improve resiliency in a new “threat-driven paradigm.” In all, 16 payloads from Space Force, NASA,…

Biden Administration Outlines Space Priorities at First National Space Council Meeting

Dec. 1, 2021

The White House announced its United States Space Priorities Framework in a document released concurrently with Vice President Kamala Harris' first National Space Council meeting. Listed among five U.S. priorities is to “defend its national security interests from the growing scope and scale of space and counterspace threats.”

Air Force Leaders Still Urging Congress to Not Block Modernization Effort

Dec. 1, 2021

The Air Force isn’t giving up on its long-frustrated efforts to retire older aircraft as its department’s leader continues to talk with lawmakers about plans to free up funds for modernization, Undersecretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones said Nov. 30.

Space Force Plans for Simulators, Adds Advanced Training to Rotations

Dec. 1, 2021

The Space Force has started to carve out new personnel rotations to accommodate advanced training and has turned to units for training ideas while beginning to envision what Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman called an “operational test and training infrastructure,” including new simulators. Like the Defense Department's satellites in orbit,…

Spangdahlem AB to Keep F-16s, at Least for Now

Dec. 1, 2021

Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, will keep its fighter mission after the Pentagon's Global Posture Review permanently reversed Trump administration decisions to shift the base's F-16s to Italy and to cancel plans to move tankers and special operations forces there. “We’re not abandoning Europe or NATO," U.S. Air Forces in Europe…

Rendering ASATs Obsolete, Tweaking Missile Defenses in Light of Russian, Chinese Tests

Nov. 30, 2021

Recent Russian and Chinese tests of space weapons are a "natural consequence of military behaviors," and the U.S. must now "mitigate this threat," the Space Force's operations chief said. “When you are behind, you look for ways to seek vulnerabilities of your adversary and your competitor so that you can…

Air Force Moving Toward Multi-Domain Munitions, Away From ‘Exquisite’ Types

Nov. 30, 2021

The Air Force is moving away from weapons meant to strike specific types of targets and instead toward generic munitions with "swappable" payloads that can be used in a variety of ways, said Air Force Global Strike Command planner Maj. Gen. Jason R. Armogost. Other goals are to increase production…

ISR Missions for Space Force ‘Just Make a Lot of Sense,’ USECAF Says

Nov. 30, 2021

While the Air Force is in the midst of a push to modernize its intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance platforms, it’s the Space Force that could wind up taking on more ISR missions in the years ahead, Undersecretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones hinted Nov. 30 during an AFA…

Watch: An Effects-Based Approach to Force Structure Decisions from AFA’s vASC 2020

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