Daily Report: Logistics Lessons from Gaza and Ukraine
PLUS Yelling in the Chow Hall at BMT and New Uses for Armed Overwatch?
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AFSOC Boss Sees New Uses for Light Armed Overwatch Planes
Air Force Special Operations Command will find ways to use the OA-1K Armed Overwatch plane in great power competition, commander Lt. Gen. Michael E. Conley said this week, amid questions about the fleet’s size and utility in a changing strategic environment.
Daily Report: How Allies Can Help While PACAF Waits for Wedgetail
PLUS Clearing the F-35 Backlog and Satellite Imagery in Ukraine
Daily Report: How a Continuing Resolution Would Hurt the Air, Space Forces
PLUS More Coverage from the Final Day of AFA September
Space Force Close to New Launch Contracts—But Only If Congress Passes a Budget
The Space Force is preparing to award billions of dollars in launch contracts by the end of this year—provided Congress passes a budget. By the end of 2024, Space Systems Command wants to award a contract for the next phase of its National Security Space ...
AFSOC Will Deploy Ospreys in ‘Weeks,’ But Full Fleet Readiness Is Still Months Away
Air Force Special Operations Command will deploy some of its CV-22 Ospreys in the coming weeks after months of limited operations, its commander said Sept. 18. But even when deployed, Ospreys will be required to operate within 30 minutes of a safe landing zone—a factor that ...
Daily Report: Day 2 of AFA September: CSO Touts Commercial Space Program
PLUS NORAD Tracks Run of Russian Approaches and Tackling the Pilot Shortage
Space Futures Command Could Still Be a Year Away
he Space Force has established a task force to envision its forthcoming Space Futures Command, but plans are still murky and the new command is still months from standing up.
How Commercial Space Services Kept US Troops Safe While Leaving Niger
The Space Force used commercial satellite services to support the withdrawal of U.S. forces from air bases in Niger this summer, Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman said Sept. 17—a key milestone in the service’s efforts to integrate commercial capabilities into operations and ...
Daily Report: Day 1 of AFA September: NGAD, China, and More
All the latest coverage from the first day of the annual Air, Space & Cyber Conference.
USSF Intel Boss: China Now Has 1,000 Satellites on Orbit
The People’s Republic of China recently launched its 1,000th satellite into orbit, the Space Force’s chief intelligence officer said Sept. 16, as he highlighted both the growing demand and ability the service has for tracking objects in space.
Daily Report: Sneak Peak at Combat Drone Software
PLUS SecDef and First Lady at Maxwell and F-22 Engine Upgrades
Sneak Peek: Anduril Lifts Veil on Its Combat Drone Software
As the Air Force eyes hundreds if not thousands of unmanned Collaborative Combat Aircraft to supplement its manned fighter fleet, startup Anduril offered a rare glimpse at the kind of autonomy software that could undergird CCAs—one human providing relatively simple directions for multiple “robotic wingmen” ...
Daily Report: Guard Chief Nominee Urged to Stop Staff Cuts
PLUS Whiteman Picked as Second B-21 Base and AFSOUTH Is Elevated
Air Force Elevates AFSOUTH as New ‘Service Component Command’
At the change of command ceremony for Air Forces Southern on Sept. 11, the traditional passing of the guidon to new boss Maj. Gen. David A. Mineau looked a little different from past events—it was Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin handing over the ...
Daily Report: Pentagon Leaders Remember 9/11
PLUS New Cruise Missiles Unveiled and a Bee-130?
Daily Report: SECAF Hints at Tweaks to Deployment Model
PLUS First Commercial Apartments at Edwards and AMRAAM Updates
Kendall: ‘One Size Doesn’t Fit All’ for Deployment Cycles
In recent months, the Air Force has started to implement sweeping changes in how the service does deployments—from the cycle Airmen go through to the groups they ship out with. Yet the changes remain a work in progress, and service members should expect slightly different models ...
Daily Report: AMC Says Goodbye Minihan, Hello Lamontagne
PLUS Kirtland Gets Its First AC-130 and Space Force Studies GPS Alternatives
How a New Organization Is Helping Tie the Air Force Together with Software
Just a few hallways removed from the massive industrial floor of Building 9001, where technicians, welders, mechanics, and more help keep the U.S. Air Force’s fleet flying, the Air Force Sustainment Center Software Directorate doesn’t bend any metal, change any fluids, or fiddle with any wires. ...