Secretary of the Air Force International Affairs

Dec. 17, 2025
Capstone 2025: Advancing AI for C2, dynamic targeting, coalition integration

The Shadow Operations Center-Nellis, or ShOC-N, concluded its 2025 Experimentation Series with Capstone 2025, a pivotal event designed to enhance joint and coalition interoperability and accelerate progress in command-and-control modernization.
Dec. 16, 2025
USAF Honor Guard, AFCENT Band to Showcase American Excellence at Inaugural Doha Military Tattoo

The United States Air Force’s premier ceremonial and musical units in the region, the U.S. Air Forces Central Band and the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team, will represent the U.S. at the first-ever Doha International Music and Marching Festival in Doha, Qatar, Dec. 16-20, 2025.
Dec. 12, 2025
Lt. Gen. Pettus Assumes Command of SOUTHCOM; Adm. Holsey Retires

Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey relinquished duties as commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) to Air Force Lt. Gen. Evan L. Pettus during a ceremony at the command’s headquarters Dec. 12 in Doral, Florida. Holsey is retiring after more than 37 years of service in the U.S. Navy.
Dec. 12, 2025
16th Air Force and Polish Cyber Command reaffirm commitment to collective cyber defense

Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) and Poland Cyber Command reinforced the strength of the strong U.S. – Poland cyber alliance during a technical exchange, key leader engagement and award ceremony, underscoring the two commands’ unified resolve to deter and defeat malicious cyber actors, Dec.
Dec. 11, 2025
PACAF bids farewell to IPAFA commandant

The Inter-Pacific Air Forces Academy, originating in 2021 from a charter for joint enlisted development, offers courses on multinational collaboration and interoperability for partners and allies across the Indo-Pacific region. Royal Australian Air Force Warrant Officer Anita Godfrey, IPAFA’s first
Dec. 11, 2025
Meink sets agenda for innovation, acquisition reform at Spacepower 2025

Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink pressed for faster innovation and acquisition reform during his keynote at the Space Force Association’s Spacepower Conference 2025, Dec. 11, telling Guardians the service is entering a period where timely decisions and operational focus will shape its long-term
Dec. 11, 2025
Saltzman lauds Guardians, Space Force progress at Spacepower 2025

Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman outlined the Space Force’s progress and priorities during a keynote address at the Space Force Association’s Spacepower Conference, Dec. 10, describing how the service has grown into a combat-credible component of the joint force in its first six
Dec. 10, 2025
PACAF Highlights Enlisted Development with Republic of Singapore Air Force

A key leader engagement was held between delegates from the U.S. Air Force and the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), that focused on strengthening strategic partnerships and advancing enlisted service member development in Singapore, Sept. 18, 2025.
Dec. 10, 2025
Hegseth Hosts AUKUS Meeting With Australia, U.K. Counterparts

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth welcomed Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles and the United Kingdom's Defense Secretary John Healey to the Pentagon for a meeting concerning a trilateral partnership between the three countries.
Dec. 10, 2025
F-35 cross-servicing demo showcases Allied interoperability

Allied Air Chiefs observed a major leap forward in European airpower cooperation as Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force weapons specialists successfully conducted a cross-servicing weapons load on a U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II during the European Air Chiefs Group meeting at Ramstein Air