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For officers, flying pay accounts for 99 percent of the service’s $469 million incentive pay request for fiscal year 202...
07/03/2025

For officers, flying pay accounts for 99 percent of the service’s $469 million incentive pay request for fiscal year 2026.

The Air Force wants a $71.2 million increase in hazardous duty incentive pay to account for more aircrew expected to take the bonus in 2026.

The enhanced U.S. defensive presence in the region includes a deployment of Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft, additional ...
07/03/2025

The enhanced U.S. defensive presence in the region includes a deployment of Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft, additional Patriot air defense systems, multiple U.S. Navy destroyers, and two aircraft carriers, the USS Carl Vinson and USS Nimitz.

The U.S. military is keeping extra fighters and air defense assets in the Middle East, in the aftermath of its strikes on Iran.

"Our adversaries are aligning, working together more than ever before as they seek to dominate their regions and even th...
07/03/2025

"Our adversaries are aligning, working together more than ever before as they seek to dominate their regions and even the globe. Thus, the good work done here at this headquarters and across the command is more important than ever.”

Air Force Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich assumed command of U.S. European Command July 1 and is set to be Supreme Allied Commander Europe.

In many ways, the Resilient MW/MT MEO program is following in the footsteps of the Space Development Agency’s own missil...
07/02/2025

In many ways, the Resilient MW/MT MEO program is following in the footsteps of the Space Development Agency’s own missile tracking architecture in low-Earth orbit.

The first launch for the Space Force’s missile warning constellation in medium-Earth orbit has slipped, but more satellites are coming.

Air Force Lt. Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich will be in charge of U.S. European Command. Lt. Gen. Adrian L. Spain, who curren...
07/02/2025

Air Force Lt. Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich will be in charge of U.S. European Command. Lt. Gen. Adrian L. Spain, who currently serves as the Air Force’s operations chief, is set to take charge of Air Combat Command.

“A final decision on this architecture has not been made, but there is and will continue to be investment in commercial ...
07/02/2025

“A final decision on this architecture has not been made, but there is and will continue to be investment in commercial SATCOM appropriate to meet warfighter needs.”

The future of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 3 Transport Layer satellites is up in the air, with no funding in the 2026 budget.

So far, the Air Force and Space Force have contracted with around 30,000 recruits, 25,000 of whom have already begun bas...
07/01/2025

So far, the Air Force and Space Force have contracted with around 30,000 recruits, 25,000 of whom have already begun basic military training, according to the Air Force Recruiting Service. The rest will complete BMT by the end of September, when the fiscal year comes to a close.

The Space Force and Air Force hit their fiscal 2025 recruiting goals with months to spare, a promising trend, officials annnouced June 30.

The accident occurred May 13, 2024, after an uneventful training flight for Robertson and an international student pilot...
07/01/2025

The accident occurred May 13, 2024, after an uneventful training flight for Robertson and an international student pilot, a member of the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program.

A new Air Force investigation found a partially installed safety pin and loose straps caused a fatal ejection for a T-6 instructor pilot.

Procurement budget documents, which could shed some light on the spending plans for the new Air Force One, have yet to b...
07/01/2025

Procurement budget documents, which could shed some light on the spending plans for the new Air Force One, have yet to be released. An Air Force spokesperson declined to elaborate on the secretary’s remarks.

The Air Force diverted funding it didn’t use for the Sentinel nuclear missile program to turn a Qatari jet into Trump’s Air Force One.

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