AEW 2.0 will form around 18 months prior to a deployment to ensure its components can train and certify as a cohesive unit ...

The Air Force is dropping large portions of the previous administration's "reoptimization" plan, but keeping other aspects such as an emphasis on training airmen to do multiple jobs, or being ...

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II assigned to the F-35A Lightning II Demo Team performs at the Great Tennessee Air Show in Smyrna, Tennessee, on June 7. (Staff Sgt. Zachary Rufus/U.S. Air Force) The ...

Air Force leaders are axing more major organizational changes started under the Biden administration such as reorienting commands, creating new offices, and shifting combat forces for a potential ...

Key Points and Summary - An unclassified Air Force plan says the service needs 1,558 combat-coded fighters by 2035—about a 22% jump from the projected 1,271 in FY26—to meet the administration’s ...

In his first message to airmen, new Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach said it plainly: “At our core, we fly and fix aircraft. It is the heart of who we are and what we do.” He’s right — ...

The U.S. Air Force is reshaping its acquisition program leadership under direction from top Pentagon officials, consolidating efforts under key leaders who are largely overseeing the same programs as ...