‘The homeland is no longer a sanctuary’ warns new TRANSCOM boss
Gen. Randall Reed, who recently took over as head of US Transportation Command, said the US needs to strengthen its defenses in non-kinetic and “gray zone” operations.
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.
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Air Force bullish on drone future: ‘We’re gonna need them around just about everywhere’
“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.
Costs Plunge So ‘Rocket Cargo’ To Battlefield Takes Off
If industry can "turn this into a human transport mechanism -- which some of the companies are talking about doing -- sure the DoD would be interested in exploring options for that, just as we do with the airlines, and the shipping industries today,"AFRL's Program Manager Greg Spanjers said.
TRANSCOM Head Envisions Increased Intra-Theater Lift Demand
The Joint Warfighting Concept will "envision much smaller force elements that are inherently reliant on very rapid mobility" within a theater, says TRANSCOM head Gen. Stephen Lyons.
HASC Members Blast KC-46 Ahead Of 2022 NDAA
"There's a lot of retrofit that will have to take place," Gen. Stephen Lyons said about the replacement of the tanker's faulty boom camera.
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Powering the future: Securing America with domestically made microelectronics
Onshoring and investment in military-specific semiconductors anchor a cornerstone of the defense industrial base.
TRANSCOM Wants To Keep 23 Tankers DoD Cut In 2021
Retiring the KC-135s and KC-10s before the new KC-46 tanker comes on line will have "significant impacts" on TRANSCOM's ability to fulfill its wartime mission, says Gen. Stephen Lyons.
How Much Sealift Does US Have For Crisis? It’s Not Sure
A new study points out that the Navy should do better at tracking how many ships it can call on in a pinch.
DoD AUDIT: Air Force Finds Mystery Motors, Other Highlights
After waiting almost three decades to audit itself, the Pentagon still failed miserably in its first attempt. Despite top officials brushing the failure off an an expected learning experience, real questions remain over whether it can fix itself.
How Air Force Tankers, Transports Can Survive In High-Tech War
“We’re looking at airframes of the future that will have common cockpits, advanced propulsion systems, (and) signature management," Miller said. The goal “really is understanding (how) to modify or build an airplane that allows us to operate through that threat environment."
Modern Tech in Indo-Pacific Operations
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US Needs More Tankers, Transports Since Russia & China Can Shoot Them Down
AFA: The Air Force needs more tankers and transports because a sophisticated enemy like Russia or China can shoot them down, the chief of Air Mobility Command said here. The current fleet size is based on war plans that only considered how much fuel, supplies, equipment, and troops the air fleet needed to move from […]
KC-46 Faces 3 Category One Deficiencies; Two Affect Boom
AFA: The four-star chief of Air Mobility Command wants his new KC-46 Pegasus tankers “yesterday,” but the tanker’s boom has a nasty tendency to scrape up planes it’s trying to refuel, as well as two other category one deficiencies, and contractor Boeing has to fix those. The paint scraping problem — formally known as “undetected […]
Not Enough C-17s, Tankers Or Ships For Hot War: TRANSCOM
WASHINGTON: Believe it or not, the global command responsible for getting weapons, fuel, and food to troops had, until recently, never used a war game for planning. Nor did Transportation Command factor into its plans the possibility that transport ships would be sunk and transport planes would be shot down . On top of that, TRANSCOM […]
Over Where? Army Struggles To Relearn Rapid Deployment
HUNTSVILLE, ALA: This morning, Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley warned Congress that “I have grave concerns” about the Army’s ability to respond to a major war — say, with Russia, Gen. Milley’s no. 1 threat — “in a timely manner.” Here in Huntsville, generals and executives explained a big part of the reason why. […]