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Building a better fighter pilot: ACC seeks to slash training time
Part of ACC’s planned shakeup of fighter pilot training will use tech such as virtual reality and artificial intelligence.
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Diversity: Necessary for readiness or the bogeyman?
Republicans say the diversity conversation has taken over the military. Pentagon leaders disagree.
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NATO members to pledge support for Ukraine against potential chem-bio attacks
The support is meant to protect the alliance’s own member nations, who would also suffer from contamination if Russia used a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) weapon against Ukraine.
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Former aviators launch ‘Mach 1′ fighter pilot caucus on Capitol Hill
The Mach 1 Caucus will push for policies that benefit fighter communities across the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. It joins several other groups backing military aviation on Capitol Hill.
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Inside the US Air Force’s race to fund future fighters, bombers and autonomous drones before the next crisis
To prepare for far more contested airspace, the U.S. Air Force is laying the groundwork for a series of radical transformations in how it approaches air combat that could cost at least tens of billions of dollars over the next two decades.
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AT&T to provide 5G capabilities at 3 US Air Force bases
The telecom giant will provide 5G and networking-as-a-service capabilities.
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Air Force begins construction of simulation and wargaming facility for space and lasers
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s new WARS Lab will open in 2023.
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Making Bones: Air Force to develop ‘digital twin’ of B-1 for damage prediction
Digital aircraft replicas may make maintenance faster, more effective and help forecast potential problems.
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Air Education and Training Command aims to keep new airmen coming despite pandemic
Six months after it started to take steps to limit the spread of coronavirus, Air Education and Training Command is in the process of relaxing some of those measures.
