A former U.S. official briefed on the Air Force One replacement project said that while it would be possible to add some features to the Qatari jet, there was no way to add the full suite of capabilities to the plane on a tight timetable.The official, who spoke on the condition of a...
Air Force CapabilitiesI am absolutely convinced that if deterrence should ever fail, our best opportunity for a successful forward defence is immutably anchored in a completely joint effort by all Services. That short phrase, 'should deterrence fail', slips out and floats around so innocently; ...
"Well, the plane is totally out of control. It's going to be over $4 billion. It's for Air Force One program, and I think it's ridiculous," Trump said. "I think Boeing is doing a little bit of a number. We want Boeing to make a lot of money, but not that much money." ...
On choosing to keep with the 747 line, Air Force Secretary Deborah James said in a statement: “The Boeing 747-8 is the only aircraft manufactured in the United States (that) when fully missionized meets the necessary capabilities established to execute the presidential support mission.” The e...
ICC, which wasprovisionally stood up last month, will be the requirements generator for the Air Force. By creating the command, the service has one organization thinking about needed capabilities across the service rather than what is needed within one major command. ...
“There's an emphasis on getting to the capabilities that we need to respond to the threat, which in many cases, some things we can do quickly. Other things are gonna take a lot of time,” Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told reporters on Friday before the budget rollout. ...
The number of women serving in the Afghan Special Security Forces is small, but they play an important part in the counterterrorism and counternarcotic capabilities of these forces. ByRobert StewartandWhitney Dudley To his great credit, Gen. Fogelman moved decisively to put the Air Force back ...
The Air Force is betting a large part of its future air warfare on a fleet of more than 1,000 autonomously operated drones, and later this spring its top civilian leader plans to climb into one of thoseartificial intelligence-operatedwarplanes and let it take him airborn...
“What does the future fight look like?” the Air Force official said. “Do we need the 105[mm cannon]? … We don’t want to pigeonhole ourselves in strictly special operations. That’s where our expertise lies, [but] we also want to expand capabilities and offer something up to the ...
Marines have the amphibious capabilities to reach battlefields traditional forces cannot andhave the equipmentto operate without ports, airstrips, or significant infrastructure. It isn’t enough to get Marines ashore, however. Marines must have the firepower and resources to carry the day upon arrival...