Tag: Air Force

Frank Kendall, the former undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, visited with Vice Adm. William Hilarides, commander of Naval Sea Systems Command and acquisition workforce in 2013.

National Security

Air Force weapons systems in ‘dire shape’ despite years of big spending

Abraham Mahshie · May 2, 2021 1:00 pm

Beltway Confidential

How to fight China in the South China Sea

Tom Rogan · April 30, 2021 7:35 pm

Gen. Jay Raymond, former head of Air Force Space Command, briefs Airmen during an all-call at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, July 29, 2019.

National Security

Investigations may lead Congress to overturn Trump-ordered Space Command move

Abraham Mahshie · April 13, 2021 10:59 am

Master Sgt. John Malloy and Staff Sgt. Jacob Puente, both from 912th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, secure the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 as it is loaded under the wing of a B-52H Stratofortress at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug. 6, 2020.

Air-launched hypersonic weapon fails in botched Air Force booster test

Abraham Mahshie · April 6, 2021 5:01 pm

A Russian soldier checks a burned medical tent after rebels launched a mortar shell at a field hospital in west Aleppo, Syria, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Beltway Confidential

Will Biden respond to Russian hospital attack in Syria?

Tom Rogan · March 23, 2021 6:50 pm

A BQM-167 Air Force Subscale Aerial Target is launched from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. The drone provides a threat-representative target for the Air Force Weapon System Evaluation Program.

National Security

Military training drone washes ashore in Florida park

Daniel Chaitin · March 19, 2021 8:22 pm

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

The sad saga of the F-35: Too big to fail, too expensive to fly

Jamie McIntyre · March 19, 2021 3:00 am

Members of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 test team make final preparations prior to a captive-carry test flight of the prototype hypersonic weapon at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug. 8.

National Security

Air Force to test hypersonic weapon in race to catch up with adversaries

Abraham Mahshie · March 17, 2021 7:00 pm

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

Beltway Confidential

An exit strategy for the F-35 debacle

Air Boss · March 15, 2021 10:00 am

These new refrigerators aren't like the ones you'll find in your kitchen or on a normal commercial airplane. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

‘Human error’ allowed intruder with ‘mouse ears’ to enter base housing Air Force One

Zach Halaschak · March 11, 2021 11:56 pm

An F-35B fighter jet lands at Luke Air Force Base in this Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013 photo, in Goodyear, Arizona.

Air Force war game simulation with China ends terribly

Michael Lee · March 11, 2021 5:35 pm

Driver's license photo showing Ashli Babbitt.

Ashli Babbitt’s family weighs lawsuit in Capitol shooting death

Jake Dima · March 9, 2021 5:30 pm