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Here is how such a fight for air supremacy might play out. Key point: Both China and America are rivals that prepare and train for the worst. Here is how each of their planes and doctrines might stack up. The U.S. Air Force is rewriting its war plan for the Pacific, the flying branchs new commander for the region told reporters at the Pentagon in late November of 2018. Gen. Charles Brown, commander of Pacific Air Forces, said he wants smaller groups of U.S. warplanes to rapidly move between ba...

No Longer Asleep at the Wheel: Air Force to Roll Out New Electronic Warfare Strategy Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. delivers remarks during the farewell ceremony for Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., Jan. 14, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich) 29 Jan 2021 The U.S. Air Force is finalizing the decision on where to host its new electromagnetic spectrum, or EMS, warfare wing and will debut a comprehensive...

By   Theresa Hitchens on January 26, 2021 at 5:01 PM EQ-4 Global Hawk modified to carry the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) WASHINGTON: Northrop Grumman’s new IDIQ contract, worth up to $3.6 billion, to support the Air Force’s Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) E-11A and EQ-4B aircraft guarantees operations through 2026. While the Air Force is already moving to field new capabilities developed under the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) to replace BACN...

An Airman from the 52nd Operations Support Squadron here recently won the 2020 Outstanding Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Airman of the Year award for U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa.,

VIRIN: 210122-D-BN624-0122 Austin chaired a COVID-19 briefing attended by Deputy Secretary David L. Norquist, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, members of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Staff, DOD COVID-19 Coordinator Max Rose, the acting service secretaries, the service military chiefs and combatant commanders. The Senate and the House of Representatives waived the requirement that a defense secretary must have been retired seve...

Engine Failure, Aircrew Error Led to Fatal E-11A Crash in Afghanistan, Air Force Says An E-11A outfitted with a Battlefield Airborne Communications Node sits on the runway at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 16, 2018. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Kaylee Dubois) 21 Jan 2021 As an Air Force E-11A battlefield communications aircraft conducted missions over Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 27, 2020, a fan blade broke inside the left engine. Efforts to address the problem led to a series o...

By PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 22, 2021 KABUL, Afghanistan — Engine failure combined with pilot error caused the crash of an Air Force jet in Afghanistan that killed two pilots last year, a report on the accident said. Lt. Col. Paul K. Voss, 46, and Capt. Ryan S. Phaneuf, 30, were the only ones onboard the twin-turbofan Bombardier E-11A aircraft when it went down in central Ghazni province on Jan. 27. Nearly two hours into their flight, a fan blade broke i...

Broken fan blade, shutdown of wrong engine led to fatal E-11 crash in Afghanistan, report says January 21 Lt. Col. Paul Voss, left, and Capt. Ryan Phaneuf were killed Jan. 27, 2020 in the crash of their E-11A battlefield communications aircraft in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. (Voss photo via Air Combat Command; Phaneuf photo via Alvirne High School yearbook in Hudson, N.H., courtesy of David Morin) A broken fan blade that led to engine failure, followed by the pilots’ shutoff of the othe...

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Air Combat Command released an accident investigation board report today regarding the E-11A crash that occurred January 27, 2020, during which two pilots were fatally injured. The E-11A crashed in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, following a catastrophic engine failure. Both pilots, Lt. Col. Paul K. Voss, 46, and Capt. Ryan S. Phaneuf, 30, were assigned to the 430th Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, and were conducting a com...

By Senior Airman JaNae Capuno, 366th Fighter Wing / Published January 19, 2021 MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho -- The 366th Fighter Wing opened the ‘Gunfighter Grab & Go’ (G3) food venue, Jan. 12, 2021, to allow all MHAFB personnel a variety of food choices with hours that extend past regular duty times. The venue’s hours of operation are Monday to Friday, 4:45 a.m. – 10:45 p.m., located at building 271 near the flightline. “Since the removal of the flightline ki...