Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall delivers a keynote address at the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Sept 11, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andy Morataya) SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 - Mixing historical cautions with stark but informed assessments, Department of the Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall presented a … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 - Using the acquisition and fielding of the Air Force’s newest bomber as a backdrop, Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, Air Force Materiel Command Commander, emphasized the critical role the organization maintains in outpacing and deterring the People’s Republic of China in a high-profile address, Sept. 11 during the Air Force Association’s 2023 Air, Space and Cyber … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023 - In a memorandum released Sept. 8, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., issued a stark warning about a growing threat to national security – the recruitment and exploitation of current and former Air Force members by the People's Liberation Army of China, or PLA. The memorandum also explains that individuals who accept contracts with foreign … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 - The face of aviation is changing and it’s beginning to look a lot like high school students. It’s been five years since the first group of cadets buckled up in cockpits in pursuit of an Air Force-sponsored private pilot certificate through the Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Flight Academy program. Since the summer of 2018, 1,089 … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023 - The U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa achieved a significant technological proof of concept for the MQ-9A Reaper’s Satellite Launch and Recovery Package, or SLR-P, at the 12th Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Air Base in Mirosławiec. While various iterations of the concept have surfaced in different contexts, the SLR-P offers a compact, … [Read more...]