EXCLUSIVE: Allvin says Air Force must grow, even at ‘expense’ of other services
In an interview with Breaking Defense, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin argues the Air Force is most apt for an Indo-Pacific fight relative to other services.
US should fortify, expand airbases to ward off ‘menace’ of Chinese threat: Report
A new study from the Hudson Institute finds that while the People’s Liberation Army has made strides in recent years to make air bases more resilient against attack, similar investments by the US have been lacking.
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‘Everybody’s going to have to figure this out’: Army, Air Force debate base defense amid new threats
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall recently suggested his service could take over the task of defending its air bases from the Army, as long as adequate funding was provided.
Air Force needs ‘more robust, active base defense’ amid new threats: Allvin
Anti-missile capabilities are just one aspect of more “robust” defenses needed for contested environments, which will also include sophisticated cyber attacks and electronic warfare.
Air Force eyes 6 locations to test out new deployment model
“So this is kind of walking us back towards this model that we had during the Cold War, where we know each other, we train together, we're building the team in peacetime and in preparation for deployment,” a senior Air Force official said.
Air Force wishlist seeks additional $3.5B for spares, construction and Pacific maneuvers
No aircraft were featured on the Air Force’s unfunded priorities list submitted to lawmakers today despite a decision to cut back on fighter procurement in FY25.
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‘Not uncommon’ for American jets to be intercepted by China 10 times a day, PACAF chief says
Gen. Mark Kelly, who heads the Air Force's Air Combat Command, said that the US's shrinking and aging aircraft fleet has emboldened Russian and Chinese pilots to seek "batting practice."
‘Largest conundrum of them all’: Air Force still unsure how to keep forces supplied in Indo-Pacific
While the Pentagon is still figuring out how to effectively ferry supplies across the Indo-Pacific theater, a top TRANSCOM official warned that the command may not have all the tools it needs to accurately track supplies in transit.
In a first, Reaper makes highway landing, Air Force says
During a military exercise in Wyoming, an MQ-9 Reaper made history by conducting its first highway landing alongside what the Air Force says is the greatest number of aircraft to pull off the tactic.
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Air Force’s FY24 request seeks to retire 310 older planes to invest in its future
Building off trends established by the fiscal 2023 budget, the service is asking for even more retirements in FY24 while seeking to launch new efforts like a program to field autonomous wingmen. “We've built a budget that we think has a reasonable balance between current-, midterm- and longer-term investments, if you will, or capabilities,” Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said.
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L3Harris teams with Brazil’s Embraer to bring KC-390 tanker to US market
L3Harris believes that the KC-390 could be a key piece of the Air Force's next-generation KC-Z family of tankers due to its smaller size and ability to operate in austere environments.
EXCLUSIVE: Even with Ukraine operations ongoing, Air Mobility Commander focused on China
"We have to demonstrate a resolve as a country and as an alliance that prevents the worst-case scenario from happening or nobody's going to care how much [readiness] I preserved for the future," Air Mobility Command head Gen. Mike Minihan said in an exclusive interview.