A pair of Air Force Academy cadets selected for pilot training are not only preparing for their day in the cockpit — they’re also looking… Read more at: DoD Buzz
Author Archive | Oriana Pawlyk
TransCom Faces Deployment Delays After Hurricane Season
A busy hurricane season amid ongoing worldwide deployments hit Transportation Command — the U.S. military’s global defense transportation system — hard, the head of the… Read more at: DoD Buzz
Air Force Prioritizing Combat Units Amid Maintainer Shortage: General
Facing a shortage of maintainers as well as pilots, the Air Force is giving staffing priority to air combat units with high operations tempo, the… Read more at: DoD Buzz
Lawmakers Back $400 Million for Possible A-10 Successor
Key lawmakers agreed to provide the Air Force with $400 million to explore buying a new light attack aircraft for missions in the Middle East…. Read more at: DoD Buzz
Afghan Air Force to Get More A-29 Super Tucanos
The U.S. Air Force has put in a new order with Sierra Nevada Corp. and Embraer to produce six new A-29 Super Tucano aircraft for… Read more at: DoD Buzz
CentCom Still Planning Joint Exercises in Mideast Despite Qatar Dispute
U.S. Central Command plans to continue training with Middle Eastern partners despite recently backing out of an exercise. The command this month passed up participating… Read more at: DoD Buzz
Air Force Delays Contract for T-X Replacement Until Spring
The Air Force’s T-X trainer contract is unlikely to be awarded before the end of the year because of ongoing reviews of the program, the… Read more at: DoD Buzz
Air Force Wants Steadier Production of Precision Bombs
The U.S. Air Force wants more, albeit steadier, production of precision-guided bombs. The service is racing to buy more Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs,… Read more at: DoD Buzz
Few Air Force Aircraft Have New, Fully Functional Transponder
The Air Force Academy’s aircraft are outfitted with the latest version of the satellite-based transponder known as the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, or ADS-B. But the… Read more at: DoD Buzz
US Paves Way for $15 Billion THAAD Sale to Saudi Arabia
The U.S. State Department has cleared a $15 billion sale to Saudi Arabia for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptor. The potential sale would… Read more at: DoD Buzz
