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Critics Accuse Air Force of Manipulating Data to Support A-10 Retirement
Over the past five months, Air Force leaders have pointed to one key fact while advocating for their controversial decision to retire the A-10 Warthog, an aircraft specifically designed to provide support to ground troops. The service’s top leaders say the vast majority of so-called “close air support” missions conducted in Afghanistan since 2006 have been flown by a variety of aircraft that are not A-10s. Specifically, the leaders say that the 80 percent of these missions conducted by aircraft other than the Warthog shows that a variety of aircraft can do the critical mission of reinforcing ground forces with firepower from the air.
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Why Does the Air Force Spend Twice as Much to Hack than to Deflect Threats?
The House on Thursday approved legislation that breaks out $13.4 million for Air Force cyberattack operations and $5.6 million for efforts to defend the service's networks.
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Military’s Reduced Readiness Seen as Emboldening China, Russia
When the U.S. could be making a show of strength toward China and Russia as several Pacific flashpoints heat up, it is instead mired in debates about military readiness, troop reductions and deep budget cuts.
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Air Force Combat Vets Champion Warthog Warplane Pentagon Wants to Scrap
Russell Carpenter owes his life to the ugliest warplane in the Pentagon fleet.
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Air Force to Award ‘Space Fence’ Contract to Track Orbital Debris
Space: so vast, so open. And yet, so littered with junk.
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Pacific Pathways: Army Prepares New Tack for Deploying Forces in Pacific
In the wake of President Barack Obama's Asia trip aimed at offering reassurances that the administration remains committed to the Pacific rebalance, U.S. Army Pacific is planning to bolster the land-based force’s relevance in the region.