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12/04/2025

The deal includes everything from software maintenance to spare parts for the F135 engine and runs through November 2026, spanning a dozen locations around the globe.
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/pentagon-1-6-billion-contract-sustain-f-35-engines/

12/04/2025

New Air Force Secretary Troy Meink and new Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach said in a memo to commanders they are discarding more than half of the re-optimization changes, according to a Dec. 2 announement.
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/new-air-force-leaders-re-optimization-whats-in-whats-out/

12/04/2025

The Air Force’s transport fleet has 550 C-130s, C-17s, and C-5s, the fewest it has ever had. And new aircraft aren’t coming anytime soon.
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-transport-fleet-surging-demand/

12/03/2025

Rocket reusability means companies can fly missions more frequently and at lower costs, but it also puts strain on the infrastructure at the Space Force’s ranges at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., and Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/space-force-range-upgrades-rocket-reuse/

12/03/2025

Officials had previously described plans for the reconnaissance fleet, dubbed RG-XX, with spacecraft that will be able to refuel and maneuver to get a better look at particular objects or threats in GEO.
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/space-force-surveillance-satellites-complement-reconnaissance/

12/02/2025

Wolfe joined the Air Guard on Feb. 5, 2019, and serves as “personnel journeyman” with the Force Support Squadron of the 167th Airlift Wing, according to his service record.
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-guardsman-wounded-dc-shooting/

12/02/2025

According to the award citation Lt. Col. "Skate" Parks “intentionally placed himself in threat range of a complex air defense zone protecting the enemy’s capital."
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/f-16-pilot-silver-star-yemen-harrowing-mission/

12/02/2025

Today’s Air Force is built on our Cold War legacy. Most of today’s frontline airframes date back decades. The Air Force combat fleet is less than half the size of the Reagan-era force, which had more types of aircraft than we see today.
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/us-invest-advanced-engines-propulsion/

12/02/2025

Operator trust is the biggest hurdle for AI in defense, but decision aids and autonomy could change the game.

September 23 panel with Michael Hiatt, Chief Technology Officer, Epirus, at AFA's 2025 Air, Space & Cyber Conference.

→ MORE SESSIONS: https://www.afa.org/air-space-cyber-conference/2025-agenda/

12/01/2025

The goal, according to a Space Systems Command spokesperson, is to “rapidly bring commercial innovation” to the existing Kronos suite, which is being used today by the National Space Defense Center, Space Force component commands, and the multinational Combined Space Operations Center.
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/space-force-battle-management-c2-tools-kronos/

12/01/2025

The Air Force initially planned to acquire 179 KC-46s under the so-called “KC-X” program but has since boosted the number to 188, meaning there’s just one more lot to get all those originally planned jets under contract in fiscal 2026.
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/boeing-gets-2-47-billion-contract-for-15-more-kc-46s/

12/01/2025

The Trump administration asserts the President’s authority to order the strikes in a classified legal opinion drafted by the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel. Details about the specifics of that opinion have not been shared publicly.
MORE: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/drug-boat-strikes-spark-debate-over-legal-justification/

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