The agile combat employment concept aims to disperse Air Force bases, making it impossible for adversaries to take them out with a single missile barrage.
Air Force Ospreys assigned to the Japan-based 353rd Special Operations Wing began flying again Tuesday, seven months a deadly crash killed eight airmen.
Staff Sgt. Jorge Delgado was killed in a Humvee accident on Malmstrom AFB Saturday that injured five airmen, including three passengers and two others.
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says the service is committed to fielding a sixth-generation fighter — but may need to make "trade-offs" to afford it.
Ebbing Air National Guard Base will become the latest U.S.-based site dedicated to training pilots across the global F-35 Joint Strike Fighter enterprise.