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13 Airmen from the 821st Contingency Response Group demonstrated agile combat employment capabilities while working with Mobility and Combat Air Forces, during Exercise Rainier War, April 26-30 at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. Rainier War brings together multiple units from across Air Mobility Command and Air Combat Command to test ACE capabilities in a simulated contested and operationally limiting environment. The ACE concept aims to develop Airmen who are proficient i...

US Air Force Despite lawmakers displeasure with it, US military commanders say the jet is indispensable. The commanders say Russias and Chinas fifth-generation fighters are major concerns. The F-35s cost and procurement issues have once again put the advanced fighter jet in Congress sights. At a House Armed Services Committee hearing in April, Reps. John Garamendi and Donald Norcross — chairmen of the tactical air and land forces and readiness subcommittees, resp...

Advanced C2 software suite clears critical USAF milestone 03 May 2021 by Carlo Munoz An early variant of a new, advanced suite of combat management tools and software under development for the US Air Force (USAF) has cleared a critical milestone, paving the way for the system’s eventual deployment to combat zones around the world. Officials at Air Combat Command and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCM) declared the Kessel Run All-Domain Operations Suite (KRADOS) for the Air Ope...

Fighter wings try a fresh approach to combat maintenance 4 hours ago Airman 1st Class Donald Brudnowski, 55th Fighter Generation Squadron crew chief, performs a pre-flight inspection on an F-16 Viper at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, in July 2020. The newly reorganized 55th FGS broke its own record of 1757 sorties without a cancellation due to maintenance issues. (Airman 1st Class Destani Matheny/Air Force) Two Air Force fighter jet wings are the first to try a new approach to mainte...

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE, Ohio – As a single mother of seven-year old twin boys, and No. 2 on the leadership team responsible for the acquisition, modernization and sustainment of the Air Force bomber aircraft fleet, Jennifer Morgan is no stranger to,

1 Lt. Col. Dierk Seifert assumed command of the 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Detachment 2 from Lt. Col. Jerome Thomas during assumption change of command ceremony at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, April 30. Lt. Col. Carly Sims, commander 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, presided over the ceremony. As the commander, Lt. Col. Seifert will lead a 21-member detachment that provides persistent Air Combat Command warfighter expertise in E-8C Joint...

Eleven dormitories were officially renamed at a ceremony in the newly renamed Romero-Jacques Hall, April 14, 2021 on F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming.Each of those buildings were named for someone who left a lasting effect on the Air Force, either,

Date Time U.S. Air Force provides C2 advisors to operational-level commanders With global competition heating up, the need to maximize the agility of U.S. Air Force operational command and control has never been more pressing. Fortunately, the USAF’s Operational Command Training Program is a foundational piece of its current C2 training architecture. The OCTP team is a powerful tool designed to support every Air Component Command around the globe, yet too many operational-level leaders are un...

USAF Reaper drones will get a big update to deal with new type of threat The United States Air Force (USAF) has announced plans to update its Reaper drones in a way that makes them more capable against ‘near-peer’ threats. The plan comes from the USAF’s Life Cycle Management Center, specifically its MQ-9 Program Office, which explains that the mission behind the drone platform is ‘shifting’ from one aimed at addressing extremist groups to one that may need to address near-peer threats...

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Battlefield Air Targeting Man-Aided Knowledge team, referred to as BATMAN, lent its effort to the Air and Space Forces’ Small Business Innovation Research program to make a few former Airmen’s dreams come true and potentially deliver a needed survival radio charger to the warfighter. These former Airmen formed Combat Power Solutions, a servicedisabled veteran-owned small business, to develop innovative technology that solves real-life warfighter challe...