Navy’s Cahill nominated for SWO boss, Air Force’s Tulley for AMC
Rear Adm. Joseph Cahill is currently the commander of Naval Surface Forces Atlantic.
Trump taps Lamontagne as next Air Force No. 2
Air Mobility Command chief Gen. John Lamontagne — one of several new military nominees submitted by the White House on Monday — would fill a role left vacant since the firing of Gen. James Slife in February.
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Voyager is fortifying the U.S. Defense supply chain
Answering the Pentagon’s call to bolster defense industrial base.
How a ‘priority’ on next-gen tankers paved the way for more Boeing KC-46s
A recent Air Force document provides the clearest insight yet into the service’s evolving tanker strategy, as well as what might be needed to continue the production run of Boeing’s KC-46 Pegasus air refueler.
Air Mobility Command tries AI to speed up airlift planning
Complex logistical calculations can take hours or days. With Air Mobility Command’s new ARTIV software, “the run to get all of that data takes between five and 10 minutes," according to retired Gen. Paul Selva, whose company makes the tech.
Biden nominates new Guard, TRANSCOM, SOUTHCOM leadership, among others
The president has tapped Lt. Gen. Steven Nordhaus, a former F-16 pilot and current head of the Continental US NORAD region, to lead the National Guard Bureau, replacing Army Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson.
Air Force mobility fleet seeks on-board defenses against small drones
Air Mobility Command documents say they're interested counter-drone systems, including platforms that can operate near friendly aircraft, so as not to hypothetically accidentally jam or spoof a nearby vice president's plane.
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Winning the cognitive domain — A methodology built for democratic constraints
The challenge for Western democratic institutions is not a lack of capability — it is a structural one.
‘Huge change’ afoot? Air Force apparently weighing major command structure revamp
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."
Air Force, Space Force launch ‘major’ readiness revamp with threat of China in mind: Kendall
Department of the Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall's letter didn’t specify what “broader and more comprehensive” changes officials are examining, though he did note the review is set to conclude by January 2024.
Sprawling Pacific exercise revealed Air Force needs some doctrine ‘refresh’: General
“So when you have this mix of [major command]-retained [operational control] — those forces coming into another combatant commander’s theater, where he’s got his own theater-assigned forces — you can imagine that there may be some differences,” said Air Force Maj. Gen. John Klein.
EXCLUSIVE: US KC-46 tankers operating on NATO’s eastern front
Open source info showed the KC-46 refueling aircraft over the skies of Poland and Germany this week, and Air Force officials confirmed its support of "real-world, theater operational missions."
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America needs next-gen solutions to counter modern air and missile threats
Defending a country the size of the US from threats requires advanced sensing, communications and interception capabilities.
EXCLUSIVE: Even with Ukraine operations ongoing, Air Mobility Commander focused on China
"We have to demonstrate a resolve as a country and as an alliance that prevents the worst-case scenario from happening or nobody's going to care how much [readiness] I preserved for the future," Air Mobility Command head Gen. Mike Minihan said in an exclusive interview.
KC-46’s new vision system in limbo as panoramic issues come into view
The Air Force worries that if it approves Remote Vision System 2.0 before concerns about the tanker's panoramic display system are resolved, it could be locked into paying for a fix.
If Commercial Space Is Ready to Set Sail, Why Are We Still Missing the Boat?
Doug Loverro, the former deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy, lays out a news structure for how the Space Force should look at commercial space assets.
KC-46: Baby Steps To Wider Availability For Operators
TRANSCOM can now task KC-46 tankers to use their air refueling boom to fill up C-17 Globemaster III, B-52H Stratofortress and other KC-46 aircraft during day-to-day operations.