Air Force signs off on production of long-range JDAM
The first kits of the JDAM LR will go to the US Navy, according to manufacturer Boeing.
Command overseeing Air Force operations in Middle East gets new boss amid Iran war
In what was a scheduled change-of-command, Lt. Gen. Daniel Lasica will now lead US Air Forces Central at a consequential time for American forces in the Middle East.
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AFCENT awards Kraus Hamdani $270M for solar-powered, long-endurance drones
The K1000ULE broke endurance records with a three-day flight and has featured in multiple military exercises. “We’ve proven ourselves to the warfighter across multiple AORs,” Kraus Hamdani CEO Fatema Hamdani told Breaking Defense.
Air Force strategy to protect aircraft was designed for China. Will it work for Iran?
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the US had "maxed out" its defensive posture, but Iran managed to strike US aircraft in Saudi Arabia anyway.
How tanking, airlift could be strained by Iran ops
"Aerial refueling capacity has historically been a major constraint on the tempo of operations, and it’s likely the case today," Tim Walton, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, told Breaking Defense.
Iran ‘not interested in’ wider regional conflict, despite escalating tensions: Air Force General
Discussing Israel’s protections for civilians in its bombing campaign of Gaza, Air Force Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich said that after observing an Israeli strike cell in late 2023, Jerusalem's forces were “making a bona fide effort to adhere to the law of armed conflict.”
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AFCENT working on anonymous threat data pool, to get around partner trust issues
“Do we share data into a central hub where it becomes anonymous, where you don't know where the source came from, but then you trust the output?” asked AFCENT Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. David Mineau.
AFCENT eyes Replicator candidates as Pentagon aims for mass production
Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich said the Pentagon’s new Replicator initiative can help scale up a small innovation team known as Task Force 99, as well as present new opportunities to explore changes in production, training and doctrine.
Chinese balloons have been ‘transiting’ Middle East, top general says
The Pentagon has changed how it tracks items in American airspace, increasing the number of objects it sees.
New Kessel Run Software For Speedy Targeting Gets ACC OK
Eventually, the new KRADOS system will completely replace the legacy Theater Battle Management Core Systems -- the service's decades-old air tasking order system -- at the some two dozen Air Operations Centers (AOC) around the world.
What’s next for DoD Zero Trust?
Leaders discuss progress toward Target Level on Aug. 26 at 2pm ET. CPE credit eligible.
The ‘Green Door’ Mystery Solved: Secrecy & Slang
Why do Air Force officers refer to green doors? Why? Read on and we'll tell you.
Declassify Space Threats, US Capabilities For Stronger Deterrence: AFCENT
"Right now space is a supporting element to a geographic [component command] ... but that paradigm is going to flip over time, where the supported command -- the primacy, where the actions will happen first -- is going to be space," says Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella, head of Air Force Central Command.
Mattis Supports Saudi War in Yemen, Rejects Privatizing Afghan Fight
"The training we have given them we know has paid off," Mattis said of the Saudis. "We have had pilots in the air who recognize the danger of a specific mission and declined to drop even when they get the authority. We have seen staff procedures that put no-fire areas around areas where there’s hospitals or schools."
CENTCOM Rebuts Breaking D’s Air War Critique
CORRECTED strikes per day figure WASHINGTON: The air war against the Islamic State is not “anemic,” a Central Command spokesman told Breaking Defense, rebutting a critique of the campaign we published last week. To say the rate of airstrikes in Syria and Iraq is less than against Iraq in 1991 and 2003, Serbia and Kosovo in […]