US Air Force and Navy Seek to Balance Essential Capabilities with Shrinking FundingIn all recent conflicts, the US and its allies have enjoyed total air superiority and have, with rare exception, been able to largely neutralize enemy air defense systems. That is not expected to be the case in...
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Initially, these tests will be conducted in St. Louis before moving to Edwards Air Force Base, California, offering diverse testing environments to comprehensively assess the Red Hawk’s capabilities. As someone who’s seen what happens when the truth is distorted, I know how unfair it feels wh...
“As you are aware, the six-month delay has had a real impact. That time cannot be recovered, but at least we can now move forward with our urgent modernisation priorities,” Department of the Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told the House Armed Services Committee, referrin...
“Pending any large geopolitical shifts, we reserve the right to stick to that event-driven timeline so the nation has the capabilities it needs … from today through transition” to the two-bomber fleet, Armagost said. Lawmakers also could step in and restrict the Air Force’s abi...
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 joint force as ...
next-generation turbine engines may incorporate new technologies that will require test facilities to provide higher inlet temperatures and potentially up to 50% more mass flow than the largest fighter engine in the fleet,” said Rick Hutchings, technical lead for the AEDC Fu...
T-7A Red Hawk will be used to prepare pilots to fly fifth-generation fighter aircraft. It will provide advanced capabilities such as high angle-of-attack flight, high gravity environment, and sensor and information management. The aircraft can also carry out operations at night. ...
The US Air Force is asking the US Congress to let it retire 201 aircraft in fiscal year 2022, in order to reinvest savings from not operating and maintaining those aircraft into research and development, as well as procurement of next-generation aircraft
“The [Emerald Flag] team gleaned valuable information that will fundamentally transform the way we think, fight and employ capabilities at further range,” Haggberg said. And the Black Flag event involved testing the electronic warfare capabilities of the EC-130H Compass Call, F-1...