Latest "peer-level adversary" stories

New in 2019: Air Force looks for new bomb designs to fight Russia and China

A growing cohort of Air Force researchers is arguing that the service needs to undergo a munitions revolution if its to take on a peer-level adversary in open conflict.

By Kyle Rempfer

4 years ago

Contested airspace: Airmen build base from scratch, through surface-to-air fires and non-permissive threats

Airmen can no longer depend on the long-standing, well-developed facilities like those through which they’ve rotated in the Middle East for going on two decades.

By Kyle Rempfer

4 years ago

Air Force base defenders upgrade weapons, training and fitness standards to meet near-peer threats

Big changes are coming to the Air Force’s career field of base defenders. The ability of the service to gain air superiority over a peer adversary could soon hinge on a career field that — like the rest of the U.S. military — has become accustomed to an era of combating violent extremism.

By Kyle Rempfer

4 years ago

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