PLUS Clearing the F-35 Backlog and Satellite Imagery in Ukraine
Sept. 18, 2024 | By
Tobias Naegele
Charles Galbreath discusses how Gen. Saltzman plans to transform the Space Force into the powerhouse he wants it to be; building up manpower, adding resources, and building the bridges into allies, partners, and the Pentagon's Combatant Commands.
Sept. 18, 2024 | By
Tobias Naegele
Brig. Gen. Chris "Bammer" Amrhein, commander of Air Force Recruiting Command, says the U.S. Air Force and Space Force exceeded recruiting goals for fiscal 2027, but have greatly increased the goal for fiscal 2025, which starts Oct. 1. More recruiters, and a larger pool in ...
Sept. 18, 2024 | By
Tobias Naegele
Retired Gen. Kevin Chilton, Explorer Chair at the Mitchell Institute's Space Center of Excellence (MI-SPACE), says the U.S. Space Force needs offensive counter-space capabilities to hold adversaries space assets at risk and to ensure U.S. access to space-based communications, precision navigation and timing, missile warning ...
Sept. 6, 2024 | By
Tobias Naegele
Election 1940: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, seeking an unprecedented third term, is challenged by Republican Wendell Willkie, former Democrat and businessman. Germany’s bombers rain terror on Britain, and its U-boats hunt merchant ships crossing the Atlantic. In the Pacific, Imperial...
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July 26, 2024 | By
Tobias Naegele
In the absence of a rival superpower in the 1990s, and with the miscalculations of the post-9/11 counterinsurgency campaigns, the successive administrations, the Pentagon, and Congress managed to squander America’s technological edge.
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June 7, 2024 | By
Tobias Naegele
The principles of the Powell Doctrine and the effective deterrence that it should yield remain relevant today as we contemplate a new Cold War with China and two regional conflicts in which American policy is deeply intertwined.
March 28, 2024 | By
Tobias Naegele
Three decades of underfunding and deferred modernization have left the Air Force ill-equipped for peer conflict, and there’s only one way to fix that: Spend big.
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Feb. 17, 2024 | By
Tobias Naegele
When three Air Task Force elements begin taking shape this summer, they will be laying the groundwork for the new Combat Wings now seen as the Air Force’s deployable “units of action” for future operations—a multi-year process to realign the way the service presents forces ...
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The Air Force and Space Force rolled out sweeping changes to the services’ organization, manning, readiness, and weapons development Feb. 12 at the AFA Warfare Symposium. The changes aim to ratchet up readiness and gain a warfighting edge in the face of intensifying great power ...
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Feb. 11, 2024 | By
Tobias Naegele
Air Force and Space Force leaders gathering in Aurora, Colo., on Feb. 12 will lift the veil on dozens of changes designed to enhance operational readiness and accelerate the development of future weapons in the years to come. The highly anticipated changes will be announced ...
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A purported Air Force planning document circulating on social media suggests the service is considering bringing back warrant officers, but a spokesperson declined to confirm the document’s veracity.