APRIL 16, 2025 - The 134th Air Refueling Wing completed a four-day nuclear operational readiness exercise and combat readiness exercise April 5–8, reinforcing the wing’s commitment to maintaining the highest level of operational readiness. The training focused on a variety of mission scenarios, ranging from combat operations to nuclear deterrence and emphasized the critical … [Read more...]
Air Force, Army Shaping the Future Together
APRIL 16, 2025 - The Air Force is demonstrating its commitment to joint warfighting capabilities, integrating airpower into a vast network of sensors and shooters during Project Convergence Capstone 5, a large-scale military modernization experiment held amidst the desolate California desert, the Shadow Operations Center-Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and other locations … [Read more...]
Air Forces Changes How it Maintains Jets
APRIL 16, 2025 - Air Combat Command is leading efforts to overhaul how the U.S. Air Force does aircraft maintenance and fleet management this spring. “ACC’s most important job is to fly and fix airplanes,” said Gen. Ken Wilsbach, ACC commander. “We must identify new ways and processes that will help ACC radically change the way we do business and maintain our aircraft … [Read more...]
B-1s Train with ROKAF, Conduct Flyover
APRIL 15, 2025 - Two U.S. Air Force B-1 Lancers and two F-16 Fighting Falcons joined two Republic of Korea Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs and KF-16s for combined training in airspace over western ROK April 15. The fighters and bombers engaged in offensive and defensive counter air training together, refining combined tactics, techniques and procedures. The bombers then … [Read more...]
Leaders Testify to Congress on Servicemember Quality of Life
APRIL 11, 2025 - Chief Master Sgt. of the Space Force John Bentivegna and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Flosi testified before the House Committee on Appropriations, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Subcommittee, addressing concerns about military quality of life and the impact of budgetary constraints on readiness April 8, 2025. The … [Read more...]