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Air Force releases new mission statement focused on airpower By (0) General Charles Q. Brown, Jr., pictured testifying on his nomination to be Chief of Staff, United States Air Force before the Senate Armed Services committee last May, said the new Air Force mission statement reflects the branchs sole focus on airpower and core air domain missions. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo April 8 (UPI) -- The Air Force released its new mission statement -- "To fly, fight, and win ... ...

By Tech. Sgt. Nick Wilson, Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs / Published April 06, 2021 Australian Army Brigadier Nerolie McDonald, left, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command vice director for Intelligence, and U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jennifer Short, Pacific Air Forces chief of staff, render salutes alongside a flight of multilateral Indo-Pacific partners during a visit to the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 30, 2021. The memorial visit was organized as part of PACAF’...

The Boeing-made fighter completed its maiden flight at St. Louis Lambert International Airport, Missouri, in February. Following the successful flight, the Air Force accepted the first F-15EX at Eglin March 10; the second is expected to arrive this month. The remaining six aircraft should be delivered in fiscal 2023, according to the service. Last year, the Air Force awarded Boeing an estimated $1.2 billion contract to build the multirole F-15EX fighter, using the same design as the F-15, but i...

Brown met the Airmen, civilians and family members of Edwards AFB and the 412th Test Wing. The wing oversees base day-to-day operations and provides support for over 10,000 military, federal civilian and contract personnel assigned to a 481 square mile installation. “The important test work done at Edwards (AFB) by the diverse team of Airmen, civilians and contractors is truly outstanding,” Brown said. “Edwards (AFB) has a long history of breakthroughs and that continues to this day.” ...

By THOMAS GNAU | Dayton Daily News, Ohio | Published: April 6, 2021 DAYTON, Ohio (Tribune News Service) — The number of overall active-duty military deaths by suicide grew in 2020, a new report from the Pentagon shows. Overall, all branches of the military recorded 377 suicides among active-duty service members in 2020, up from 348 in the active-duty component in 2019, up 29 deaths or about 8%. In all services, there were 99 suicides in the last quarter of 2020. That compares to 100 in the...

The Department of the Air Force-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Accelerator is helpin… https://t.co/cfsdOX43hY .@LRAFB, Arkansas, Airmen completed 106 sorties, 254 flying hours, and nearly 2,000 training events during a multi-… https://t.co/3YOSh8DvcT Today is Gold Star Spouses Day. It honors the surviving loved ones of military service members killed in the line o… https://t.co/JYCacpkds5 Everyone is susceptible to invisible wounds. These wounds have an impa...

Taiwan Air Force completes upgrade of 42 F-16A/B fighter jets to F-16Vs 03/17/2021 09:19 PM An F-16V. CNA file photo Taipei, March 17 (CNA) Taiwan has completed the upgrade of 42 of its 141 F-16A/Bs fighter jets to F-16Vs, which can "detect enemies earlier and have a longer striking range," Air Force Chief of Staff Huang Chih-wei (黃志偉) said Wednesday. The 42 F-16Vs will be allocated to the Fourth Tactical Fighter Wing, making it the first Air Force unit in the country to have only F-16V a...

An F-35 pilot responds to claims the jet is a failure Alex Hollings , Close icon Two crossed lines that form an X. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Then-Capt. Justin Lee heads to his F-16 at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, July 11, 2016. US Air Force/Tech. Sgt. David Salanitri Comments from the Air Forces top officer have been widely interpreted as a sign the F-35s ...

First Air Force takes on new role supporting US Space Command Rachel S. Cohen March 15 A 138th Fighter Wing Viper out of Tulsa Air National Guard Base, Okla., provides NORAD and First Air Force with temporary flight restriction zone enforcement during the Nov. 15, 2020, SpaceX launch. (Master Sgt. C.T. Michael/Air Guard) The Air Force has tapped Florida-based First Air Force as the new air component to U.S. Space Command, providing air support to the military’s daily space operations...

“Much like many of our diversity and inclusion efforts this past year, the strength and support for this symposium is a credit to our Airmen and Guardians, who recognize we have areas that we need to improve upon,” Brown said. Brown further explained he knows what it’s like to be the only person who is different from everyone else in the room. He’s had people approach him to verify he was actually a pilot, even though he wore the standard pilot uniform, because they weren’t used to se...