Feb. 13, 2024 Saltzman outlines plan to reoptimize Space Force for Great Power Competition Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman spoke to Air & Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium attendees Feb. 13 about how the U.S. Space Force will reoptimize to meet today’s security challenges.
Feb. 13, 2024 Serbian military visits 121st Air Refueling Wing Recently, five Members of the Serbian Military Medical Academy visited the 121st Air Refueling Wing at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio, as part of the National Guard State Partnership Program.
Feb. 12, 2024 DAF leaders lock arms, present plan to reoptimize Air Force, Space Force DAF leaders outlined 24 specific decisions during a panel discussion at the AFA Warfare Symposium. The decisions will position the services to better confront China and maintain the hard-won superiority in air and space.
Feb. 12, 2024 Chinese attempts to recruit US, NATO service members as advisors prompts Ramstein conference The conference is the first such event to include broad NATO participation aimed at tackling ongoing PRC targeting of U.S. and NATO-trained military personnel for employment to fill gaps in its own air force capabilities.
Feb. 12, 2024 Air Force, Space Force announce sweeping changes to maintain superiority amid Great Power Competition While the changes feature a mix of near-term and longer-term initiatives, senior leaders emphasized the need for speed. “We are out of time,” Kendall said repeatedly in urging action on the changes.
Feb. 12, 2024 Defense Official Says Countering China, Russia in Western Hemisphere Requires Multiprong Approach China and Russia each pose different challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean, so there needs to be adjustments to the Defense Department's strategies, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Western Hemisphere said.
Feb. 12, 2024 USAF ISR Airmen ace German AF Proficiency Badge Competition Three Airmen from the 16th Air Force’s 480th Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group earned the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge at a German-hosted competition, Fort Eisenhower, Georgia, Jan. 22-26, reinforcing the long-standing partnership with German allies.
Feb. 12, 2024 Maintaining International Partnerships In the fields of Beale AFB, looms a large concrete structure home to the 7 Space Warning Squadron (7 SWS). The U.S. Space Force unit is geographically separated from its home station at Space Delta 4, Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado.
Feb. 12, 2024 Air National Guard, Royal Thai Air Force finalize plans for Enduring Partners 2024 Building off of the success of the first-ever Enduring Partners engagement, teams with the Washington Air National Guard and the Royal Thai Air Force took part in the final planning conference for exercise Enduring Partners 2024.
Feb. 10, 2024 PACAF welcomes new commander Gen. Kevin B. Schneider took the reins as the new Pacific Air Forces commander during a change of command ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Feb. 9.