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Air Force eyes longer range for F-47 as combat edge in Pacific theater

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin told lawmakers Tuesday the service will be able to upgrade the sixth-generation F-47 with new technology quicker and easier than the F-35. (U.S. Air Force) ...

Meet Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, the new US Air Force Chief of Staff: Massive challenges await him as he takes charge; a look at his career and challenges ahead

Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach assumes command of the Air Force amidst critical challenges in modernization and readiness. Experts highlight aging aircraft and reduced combat capacity, urging decisive action ...
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The Air Force Sent A-10 Warthogs to China’s Doorstep

The A-10 Warthog, a “tank plinker” hero of the War on Terror, is a “relic” with no role in a modern, stand-off missile fight ...

Senate confirms Wilsbach as Air Force chief of staff

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach as the Air Force’s next chief of staff. Wilsbach was approved as part ...
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Air Force clearing out jungles in Pacific to bolster airfield options

The U.S. Air Force is finding ways to increase the number of airfields it can take off from in the Pacific—and wants more money to build out airfields and rebuild overgrown WWII airfields. Adding ...
Rapid City Journal

ACC, PACAF commanders confirmed

WASHINGTON | Pacific Air Forces Commander Gen. Herbert Carlisle will be the next commander of Air Combat Command and ACC Vice Commander Lt. Gen. Lori Robinson will be the next commander of Pacific Air ...
Flying

Air Force’s HH-60W Jolly Green II Takes First Pacific Flight

The U.S. Air Force's new HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search and rescue helicopter made its inaugural flight in the Pacific theater at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The HH-60W is replacing the HH-60G Pave ...
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In northern Michigan, thousands of troops train for combat across the Pacific

CAMP GRAYLING, Michigan — The rigid-hulled inflatable patrol boat lurched into Lake Huron as three Army Special Forces soldiers and a Michigan State Police officer leaned over the edge, pulling ...
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The Air Force Looks to Old WWII Bases To Survive in the Pacific

The B-29 Superfortress 'Enola Gay,' on its return from the nuclear bombing mission over Hiroshima, as it is taxis on the North Field of Tinian airbase, North Marianas Islands, August 6, 1945. Early ...
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Female General Becomes First Woman to Lead US Military Combat Command

(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) — Gen. Lori Robinson made history Friday by becoming the first woman to lead a U.S. military combatant command. She will lead U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM), which heads ...
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Senate Confirms Wilsbach As U.S. Air Force Chief

Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach was approved by unanimous consent two days after the Senate Armed Services Committee approved the pick. Wilsbach will replace current USAF Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin, who ...