Category Archives: U.S. Air Force

Indian, U.S. and Japanese Big Decks Drill in the Indo-Pacific

Indian, U.S. and Japanese Big Decks Drill in the Indo-Pacific

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Murasame-class destroyer JS Samidare (DD-106) steam in formation during a multiple large deck event on June 9, 2023. US Navy Photo

The U.S., Japan, Canada and France exercised with two U.S. carriers and a Japanese big deck in the Philippine Sea last week as part of the Indo-Pacific Command’s Large Scale Global Exercise (LSGE) 2023, Japan and the U.S. announced. Read More

HASC Personnel Markup Includes Pay Raise, Creation of Space National Guard

HASC Personnel Markup Includes Pay Raise, Creation of Space National Guard

Sailors assigned to air department aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), man the hose team during a general quarters drill, in Newport News, Virginia April 7, 2023. US Navy Photo

Military service members could see a 5.2 percent raise as part of the House Armed Services personnel subcommittee’s markup of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. Read More

Guam Bases Continue Clean Up as Military Moves to Island Postponed

Guam Bases Continue Clean Up as Military Moves to Island Postponed

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jacob Park, an aircraft mechanic assigned to the Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron – Forward, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., cleans up debris after Typhoon Mawar at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, June 2, 2023. US Air Force Photo

Despite ongoing cleanup efforts on Guam after a typhoon slammed into the U.S. territory last month parts of the island are starting to take on some business as usual. Read More

Ukraine War Shows Value of Pre-positioned War Material in Europe, Pacific, Says TRANSCOM Commander

Ukraine War Shows Value of Pre-positioned War Material in Europe, Pacific, Says TRANSCOM Commander

U.S. Army vehicles, assigned to Army Field Support Battalion-Charleston, prepare to be loaded onto the USNS Pomeroy (T-AKR-316) at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, March 22, 2023. US Air Force Photo

A key lesson from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the value of having pre-positioned war supplies in Europe and exercising in the region regularly, the U.S. Transportation Command commander said on Tuesday. Read More

GAO Report on GPS Modernization

GAO Report on GPS Modernization

The following is the June 2023, Government Accountability Office report, GPS Modernization Space Force Should Reassess Requirements for Satellites and Handheld Devices Read More