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Drone sightings lead to airspace shutdown at Ohio military base
1 day ago · BOSTON — More suspected drone sightings in the eastern U.S. led to a temporary airspace shutdown at an Air Force base in Ohio and arrests near Boston’s Logan International Airport, as elected ...
New B-52 engines pass key design review, prepare for altitude tests
1 day ago · Rolls-Royce said the new engines planned for the B-52 Stratofortress will go into more intensive altitude testing in early 2025, now that it has passed its critical design review. (Staff Sgt ...
Defense bill for 2025 would delay F-35 deliveries
Dec 10, 2024 · Congress is set to cut the number of Lockheed Martin-made F-35s the military wants to buy in 2025 from 68 to 58 under this year’s defense authorization bill. (Airman Belinda Guachun-Chichay/U.S ...
How the Air Force plans to overhaul its recruiting efforts
Oct 9, 2024 · The change had been in the works for nearly a year, driven by a desire to remove silos and build organizational consistency, Brig. Gen. Christopher Amrhein, the head of Air Force recruiting, told ...
Air Force plans for more flying, flat workforce in 2025
Mar 11, 2024 · This story was updated March 11 at 10:18 p.m. with additional information on sustainment funding and the Space Force. The Department of the Air Force is asking for $217.5 billion in its fiscal ...
Here’s how the Air Force’s new task forces will reshape deployments
Mar 4, 2024 · When the Air Force launches three new air task forces this summer, it will take its next step toward a long-desired goal: building more capable teams to fight America’s wars while maintaining a ...
The Air Force is launching an era of transformation. Can it work?
Oct 16, 2023 · Last year, the Air Force began an intensive effort to undo its top-heavy enlisted corps that it believes lacks enough experience in middle management and has too few lower-level troops for daily ...
Air Force unveils command changes, wing plans in bid to outpace …
Feb 13, 2024 · AURORA, Colo. — The Air Force said Monday it will create a new forward-looking capabilities planning command, refocus its training enterprise, and rethink how airmen deploy as part of a set of ...