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People walk past a crater from an explosion on Mira Avenue (Avenue of Peace) in Mariupol, Ukraine, Sunday, March 13, 2022. The surrounded southern city of Mariupol, where the Russian war on Ukraine has produced some of the greatest human suffering, remained cut off despite earlier talks on creating aid or evacuation convoys. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

US Air Force’s view of ‘near-peer’ Russia unchanged by war in Ukraine

Russia’s failure to swiftly overrun Ukraine has shown Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall that Russia remains a “near-peer” nation.

By Rachel S. Cohen and Stephen Losey

9 months ago

A U.S. Air Force flying crew chief assigned to the 40th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron touches the nose of a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft for good luck prior to boarding the aircraft for a mission supporting the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, in U.S. Central Command on July 20, 2021. (Senior Airman Brennen Lege/Air Force photo)

The Air Force’s chief of staff lays out a new way to deploy

“For the past 15, 16 years ... whatever was needed, we would send,” Chief of Staff Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown said.

By Rachel S. Cohen

16 months ago

Top US Air Force general isn’t ready to buy E-7 Wedgetail just yet

“It would be premature for me to commit to the Wedgetail right now, or a timeline," says Gen. CQ Brown.

By Valerie Insinna

22 months ago

US Air Force eyes budget-conscious, clean-sheet fighter jet to replace the F-16

An ongoing study will help the Air Force decide whether to add more types of tactical aircraft to its inventory.

By Valerie Insinna

22 months ago

Due on Inauguration Day: An acquisition strategy for the Air Force’s next-gen battle management system

It will be up to the incoming Biden administration to decide whether to begin buying the first parts of the Advanced Battle Management System, or scrap the concept altogether.

By Valerie Insinna

23 months ago

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