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Pentagon leaders hail successful Iran strikes but wary of retaliation
The operation against Iran involved 125 American aircraft, 75 precision weapons and a bevy of other U.S. military assets.
8 steps to fully funding our Air and Space forces
America’s dominance in the air, space and cyber domains has been our asymmetric advantage for decades. Yet, this dominance can no longer be taken for granted.
By Lt. Gen. Bruce “Orville” Wright (ret.) and Col. Keith Zuegel (ret.)
The Air Force has stopped its Continuous Bomber Presence mission in Guam
The Air Force said the change doesn’t mean strategic bombers won’t operate in the Indo-Pacific anymore though.
By Diana Stancy
America’s bomber force is too small and getting smaller
A former Air Force vice chief of staff argues that America’s bomber force is in a crisis.
By Gen. John Michael Loh (ret.)
NORAD intercepts two Russian reconnaissance aircraft near Alaska
While alarming, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe and commander of U.S. European Command, U.S. Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters said unsafe intercepts between NATO and Russian aircraft have decreased over the past two years, and are in most cases safe.
By Shawn Snow
Lancers seek a new lease on life at Tinker depot
The years are starting to catch up to the Lancer -- but the Air Force hopes to buy it another two decades in the air.
B-17 crash raises questions about vintage plane safety
The deadly crash of a B-17 Flying Fortress has raised questions whether machinery over 70 years old should be flying passengers.
Unsafe intercepts involving NATO aircraft have decreased, and often are the result of a ‘hot-dogging’ pilot, top general says
“In many of the cases where they’re unsafe, when you take a look at the experience level of the operators that were involved, it typically turns into a young man or woman that was probably just hot-dogging it a little bit more than they should." - U.S. Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe and commander of U.S. European Command
By Shawn Snow