A “small number” of Air Force F-35As from Hill AFB, Utah, arrived at RAF Lakenheath, England, on Saturday, marking the type’s first overseas deployment. The aircraft and airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing and Air Force Reserve’s 419th Fighter Wing,...
Vice President Mike Pence arrived in South Korea on Sunday, the same day North Korea conducted another failed missile test and one day after it paraded its latest arsenal of weapons through the streets of Pyongyang in celebration of the...
The April 13 use of the GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb on an ISIS complex in Afghanistan resulted in 36 enemy deaths, and the decision to use the weapon came from commanders on the ground, US and Afghan officials...
As part of its planned renaissance of multi-domain command and control, the Air Force is returning to a routine schedule of Blue Flag exercises, which train command centers at the operational level of war, Air Combat Command chief Gen. Mike...
The new head of Air Combat Command, Gen. Mike Holmes, wants a little change in industry’s mindset. While industry leaders are “always telling your people, ‘don’t get in front of the customer,’”—meaning don’t try to sell the service on an...
Air Combat Command and the larger Air Force are taking steps to hasten the bureaucratic process attending development of new programs, ACC chief Gen. Mike Holmes said. Speaking at an AFA Langley Chapter symposium at JB Langley-Eustis, Va., Holmes said...
Brig. Gen. Mary F. O’Brien has been selected to the grade of major general and for assignment as commander of 25th Air Force, Air Combat Command, at JBSA-Lackland, Texas, according to a Pentagon release. O’Brien currently serves as director of...
The Air Force has formed a task force to address one of the biggest deficiencies in its space force structure—intel, said Lt. Gen. David Buck, commander of 14th Air Forces and the joint functional component command for space on Friday....
The Air Force and the Federal Aviation Administration are in talks to exchange responsibilities for tracking space vehicles and debris, a step that would free up responsibilities from the military and provide more public notification of space traffic. Lt. Gen....
