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defenceWeb Written by Guy Martin - 2617 The South African defence budget for 2021/22 is just .86% of GDP, down from .97%, causing experts to caution that the reduction will have far-reaching implications for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). The 2020/21 defence budget is R54.2 billion, but for 2021/22 it falls to R46.2 billion, representing a 14% decrease. Much of this decrease comes from the shrinkage of the Special Defence Account, which goes from R5.2 billion in 2020/21 to R1.005 billion in 2021/22. Dr Wilhelm Janse van Rensburg, researcher for the Joint Standing Committee...

Navy Gets Green Light for State-of-the-Art Air Combat Training System 4 May 2021, 7:56 UTC · by When weapons and combat strategies evolve, military training also needs to keep up with that. An air combat training system that can blend real weapons, simulated threats and electronic warfare elements is the next-generation alternative to classic training that the U.S. military needed. And now they have it. 1 photo The U.S. Navy recently announced that the Tactical Combat Training System Increment II (TCTS II) has been approved for limited production. More specifically, the Naval Aviation...

711th Human Performance Wing is leveraging data and collaboration to enable, enhance, sustain, and restore Airmen and Guardians throughout their career lifecycle. Allvin received a full day of briefings and demonstrations by the 711th HPW’s Airman Systems Directorate and U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, including demonstrations of large-scale laboratory devices used to analyze and monitor human performance. Allvin commended the work being done in the 711th HPW during a luncheon with members of the junior force as well as a ceremony in which he awarded select top-performing 711th...

Gen. Allvin received a full day of briefings and demonstrations by the 711th HPW’s Airman Systems Directorate and U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, including demonstrations of large-scale laboratory devices used to analyze and monitor human,

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 maintenance that aims to improve quality of life for the crews that keep the service’s premiere planes r...