Space Architect Is Back! As Wilson Unveils Space Reforms

Space Architect Is Back! As Wilson Unveils Space Reforms
Space Architect Is Back! As Wilson Unveils Space Reforms

It’s one of the coolest titles in the US military — space architect! Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson announced Tuesday night there will again be a space architect, known as the Chief Architect.

B-21 Bomber Boost? KC-46 Still Late

B-21 Bomber Boost? KC-46 Still Late
B-21 Bomber Boost? KC-46 Still Late

  CORRECTED: What Gen. Harris Meant To Say Was A Total Bomber Fleet of 165; Still “At Least” 100 B-21s WASHINGTON: How many B-21 bombers will the US need? 80? 100? 165? Bound by the president’s budget on one side and congressional appropriations on the other, the head of Air Force acquisition was very careful in…

Air Force Adds Pacific To F-35s’ Foreign Deployments

Air Force Adds Pacific To F-35s’ Foreign Deployments
Air Force Adds Pacific To F-35s’ Foreign Deployments

CLARIFIED: What MG Harris Really Meant CAPITOL HILL: The Air Force’s first operational squadron of F-35s will head to the Pacific, in addition to the European deployment recently departed Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James discussed in December. The news came in the form of one sentence today in the written testimony today of Maj. Gen. Jerry Harris, deputy…

Air Force Moves Aggressively On Lasers

Air Force Moves Aggressively On Lasers
Air Force Moves Aggressively On Lasers

TYSON’S CORNER: All branches of the military really want laser weapons. But they don’t all want them for the same missions. What struck me after a recent conference here was how differently the US Air Force is approaching lasers. The USAF is pursing a two-pronged approach: They want to mount lasers on both the large…