Japan Aircraft Scrambled Fewer Times in FY 2023 Compared to FY 2022
Japan Air Self-Defense Force aircraft scrambled fewer times against foreign aircraft during Fiscal Year 2023 compared to FY 2022, according to Japan’s Joint Staff Office. …
Opinion: A New Approach to Dealing with ISIS
The desire for some expressive use of military power to release pent-up anger in France and the Western world in…
Hollande: French Carrier Charles de Gaulle Leaves for Middle East on Thursday
This post has been updated with a revised schedule for deployment of French carrier Charles de Gaulle. France is sending…
Document: Report to Congress on Gerald R. Ford Carrier Program
The following is the Nov. 5, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues…
Video: Carrier USS Ronald Reagan Underway with Japanese Ships
The following is a brief video of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) underway with Japanese ships during a photo exercise on…
F/A-18 Depots See 40-Percent Increase In Productivity After Adapting New Work Model
The Navy’s aviation depots have seen a 40-percent increase in fighter jet throughput since they changed how to approach repairing…
Navy: Half the Carrier Fleet Tied Up In Maintenance, Other 5 Strained To Meet Demands
The Navy has run its 10 aircraft carriers hard since USS Enterprise (CVN-65) decommissioned in December 2012 and is now…
Opinion: U.N. Ruling is Turning Point for Overlapping South China Sea Claims
The United Nations Permanent Court of Arbitration handed out a decision on Thursday that the Republic of the Philippines’ case…
Pair of Russian Surveillance Planes Came Within A Mile of Carrier USS Ronald Reagan, Ship Scrambled Fighters
Two Russian surveillance aircraft came within one nautical mile of the U.S. forward deployed carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) prompting…
Essay: Strategies That Matter — One Size Fits None
Airpower advocates exited the Gulf War trumpeting an unambiguous victory for airpower—and they were right. The air campaign against Iraq…
Air Force Picks Northrop Grumman to Build Long Range Strike Bomber, Promises Joint Interoperability
PENTAGON — The U.S. Air Force has selected Northrop Grumman to build the service’s planned Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B)…