“We know that over the past decade, we have not paid attention to our installations the way we should,” said Ravi Chaudhary, assistant secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations and Environment.
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“Politically, it is unclear to me their long-term goals and objectives other than to counter what the United States and allies and partners are doing,” said Air Force Gen. Kevin Schneider.
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A senior Space Force official said the Air Force was getting “rid” of the current structure as part of a great power reoptimization, but later walked back his comments as “not concrete.”
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Gen. Mark Kelly, who heads the Air Force’s Air Combat Command, said that the US’s shrinking and aging aircraft fleet has emboldened Russian and Chinese pilots to seek “batting practice.”
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“What I would say is, be on the lookout [because] there’s going to be a CCA near you… because we’re gonna need them around just about everywhere,” Pacific Air Forces Commander Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach said.
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“China has a much more difficult military problem from the standpoint of, they have to accomplish one of the most difficult military events that you would have to do,” said Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach. “If I was them, I’d be worried. If I was a [Chinese] military commander, I’d be worried about 2027.”
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The head of Pacific Air Force said he had no objections to India buying Russia’s S-400 system “in the current environment.” But — and this is a big but — he said India’s action “will perhaps affect a future purchase by India, if they were interested in purchasing other defense equipment from us. But that’s out of my lane, and I don’t really talk about that, because it’s tomorrow stuff.”
By Colin Clark
During the exercise, the F-15EX will test the Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS) EW suite, Lt. Gen. David Krumm says.
By Theresa Hitchens
The exercise also served as the Air Force’s third “On Ramp” demo for its Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), demonstrating a new software for battlefield situational awareness.
By Theresa Hitchens
Gen. Brown co-wrote an article in Air and Space Power Journal pressing for better integration of Air Components into Combatant Command operations.
By Theresa Hitchens
“But we are seeing in the information spaces especially … we are seeing those that are trying to take advantage of this situation,” Gen. Goldfein said in a wide-ranging discussion this morning sponsored by the Mitchell Institute.
By Theresa Hitchens
But while the skies are quiet today, US Pacific Air Forces are preparing for possible conflict: fielding new weapons like the F-35 stealth fighter and the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), adding more space-operations planners to theater staffs, and reemphasizing that old-fashioned initiative so junior commanders can act when an enemy cuts off their communications with higher headquarters.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
WASHINGTON: In what would be a remarkable break in US military tradition, an Air Force general has emerged as the top candidate to lead Pacific Command. Sweeping from India to the west, north to Russia, south to Antarctica and east to the California and Mexican coasts, Pacific Command is just what it says: the military…
By Colin Clark
