This Functional Area Requirement (FAR) describes readiness information requirements for Air Force Major Commands. It discusses the information requirements at three management levels: Air Staff, Major Command, and Wing. The desired characteristics of an operational readiness measurement system are presented...
This isn’t the first move to develop new capabilities to relay commands to Air Force ICBMs. In October 2017, the Air Force awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin and Rockwell Collins to develop the Airborne Launch Control System Replacement, or ALCS-R. At the ti...
This Functional Area Requirement (FAR) describes readiness information requirements for Air Force Major Commands. It discusses the information requirements at three management levels: Air Staff, Major Command, and Wing. The desired characteristics of an operational readiness measurement system are presented...
Air Force commands, including the Air Force Research Lab, which bills itself as looking for ways to counter “technological advancements (that) bring threats to our way of life,” according to a video on its website. The undated video animation shows an image of a drone approaching what ...
The author proposes a 21st century command control and communications computer network that connects components of the three major United States Air Force operational commands: the Strategic Air Command (SAC), Military Aircraft Command (MAC), and Tactical Air Command (TAC). The proposed scheme fully...
Orwin also commands the 618th Aerospace Operations Center at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois and serves as the Director of Strategy, Planning, and Policy at the headquarters of the United States European Command in Wacingen, Stuttgart, Germany. ...
During the ceremony, STARCOM deltas, the five subordinate O-6 commands, were also activated. The move comes after the US Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall approved the final organisational structure for STARCOM’s establishment earlier this month. ...
During its 130-minute test flight at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, the newaircraftexhibited fundamental behaviors needed to classify its system operation as safe. Indeed, Skyborg proved capable of staying within set "geo-fences," responding to navigational commands and performing coordinated maneu...
Germany hosts the Ramstein Air Base, just outside Kaiserslautern in the southwest, which ishometo the USAF’s Europe and Africa Commands. Meanwhile, Japan’s Kadena Air Base at Okinawa hosts the 18th Wing, the USAF’slargestcombat wing. ...
[02:09.08]They gave the system a set of "if/then" commands [02:13.40]because the computer could detect [02:15.96]incoming missiles faster than humans. [02:20.04]The system could not learn, [02:22.52]it could only c...