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Former Air Force Chief Joins One of the Worlds Largest Equity Firms Retired Gen. David L. Goldfein, 21st Air Force chief of staff, delivers remarks during a transition ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 14, 2020. (Eric Dietrich/U.S. Air Force) 14 Jan 2021 The former top leader of the U.S. Air Force has joined one of the worlds largest private equity and investment firms, The Blackstone Group, Military.com has learned. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, who retired in August, w...

China and Russia are preparing to destroy them. Heres What You Need to Remember: “What systems will we use that we are not using today, as we look to the future to be light, lean and agile. There will not be enough Patriot and THAAD to go around. How do you buy down the risk and get ahead of the cost curve?” Brown asked.  The Pentagon is looking across the services to figure out ways to better defend forward-positioned bases, assets and forces from a growing sphere of highly sophisticated...

Monycka Snowbird, left, argues against keeping the Cheyenne Mountain Indians mascot with a supporter, who declined to give her name, outside the Cheyenne Mountain School District 12 board work session in the fall of 2020. Snowbird and the other indigenous people who attended the protest felt the mascot is racists against their heritage. Supporters of the mascot said the Indians mascot was an honor and full of school tradition. About 50 people lined the street outside the school district’s adm...

By Capt. Ieva Bytautaite, 20th Air Force Public Affairs / Published December 29, 2020 F. E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. (AFNS) -- Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. made calls to missileers on alert over the holidays to discuss their mission and thank them for standing watch during the During the calls, Brown discussed the important role missile alert force Airmen play in the vital intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, mission and their incredible resp...

The visit began with breakfast with Airmen at the La Dolce Vita Dining Facility, where senior leaders spoke directly with Airmen to learn about Aviano AB’s contributions to the Air Force mission. “Meeting the senior leaders of the force was extremely rewarding,” said Staff Sgt. Alban Rivas, 31st Maintenance Group weapon systems coordinator. “After speaking to our (Air Force senior leaders) I was able to learn key factors of their vision and (how) they want to take the (U.S. Air Force) t...

New in 2021: Advanced Battle Management System testing begins December 27, 2020 Tech. Sgt. John Rodiguez provides security with a Ghost Robotics Vision 60 prototype at a simulated austere base during the Advanced Battle Management System exercise on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Sept. 1, 2020. (Tech. Sgt. Cory D. Payne/Air Force) As early as March, the Air Force and Army could begin major experiments on their systems to allow aircraft, sensors and other weapons systems across services to sh...

By Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE PUBLIC AFFAIRS The secretary of the Air Force and the Air and Space Forces service chiefs ordered the review June 2. The measure formalized a step that former Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David Goldfein raised in an official note to commanders and other senior leaders on June 1 addressing an "apparent inequity in our application of military justice" among other issues. H...

We Dont Have a Choice: Military Exercises in 2021 Will Focus on This Big Problem Lt. Col. James Forrest operates a virtual-reality headset in support of the Advanced Battle Management System, or ABMS, Onramp, Sept. 2, 2020, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (Daniel Hernandez/U.S. Air Force) 23 Dec 2020 War-gaming how and where data moves may not sound as exciting as planning a top-secret infiltration mission. But leaders must understand how quickly troops and their equipment can communicate when up ag...

Two Women Are Currently Attempting Special Warfare Training, Air Force Says Air Force Special Tactics operators conduct a static line jump out of a C-130H Hercules during training at Eglin Range, Florida, Aug. 21, 2020. (U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Rose Gudex) 22 Dec 2020 Two women -- an enlisted member and an officer -- are currently tackling special warfare training courses within the Air Forces rigorous combat training pipeline, according to the service. In July, Military.com reported that a s...

Year in review: Top stories from 2020 1 of 10 The U.S. Air Force confirmed to Defense News that it secretly designed, built and flew at least one prototype of its enigmatic next-generation fighter jet. With the program still in its infancy, the rollout and successful first flight of a demonstrator was not expected for years. (U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory) 2 of 10 After a year of speculation about what would happen to Turkey’s F-35s after the country was ousted from the Joint Strike ...