Hegseth fires Navy’s top officer, Air Force No. 2
The firings of Adm. Lisa Franchetti and Gen. James Slife follows tonight's removal of Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
‘No alternatives’: Pentagon doubles down as new Sentinel ICBM’s cost jumps to $141 billion
The Air Force revealed today that it has embarked on a restructuring of the troubled but critical long-range missile program, which is now expected to cost 81 percent more than initially estimated.
Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
New Air Force Vice Chief has ‘passion’ for better data, wants industry help
Recently confirmed Gen. Jim Slife pledged to work on sharing data not only inside the Air Force but with his counterparts at the other armed services.
Slife, former Air Force special operations chief, tapped as service No. 2
Lt. Gen. Jim Slife will become the Air Force vice chief — if he can get past a confirmation blockade that has stalled out nominations in Congress.
AFSOC commander cautiously optimistic on V-22 clutch problem, though root cause elusive
“I was asking myself, what would I say to myself in the aftermath of fatal mishap if we discovered that the reason for this was this clutch issue,” said AFSOC commander Lt. Gen. Jim Slife. “Would I look back and say that I did everything that I could do today? And I couldn't answer that in the affirmative.”
Air Force Special Operations Expects Amphibious MC-130J Test Next Year
Notably, Slife called out the need to operate in and around “an island environment that is not serviced by a major fixed operating base runway.”
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Special Ops Undergoing Historic Transformation, AFSOC Says
"The SOF that we have is not the SOF we will need" for the future, head of Air Force Special Ops Command, Lt. Gen. James Slife, warned today.
AFSOC Targets All Domain Ops in New Strategy Document
Communications, survivable strike, mobility, high-speed vertical lift, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities are all on AFSOC's modernization wish list.