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US Air Force chief seeks novel acquisition practices for the ... » Jul 26, 2017 ...“So how do we work with industry to find a contractual vehicle that allows us to actually do open architecture-sharing of information and formatting data against common standards that allows us to be able to share at the speed of light?” [ Goldfein: Air Force must hone its skills to face growing global threats]. Defensenews.com

Fighter Pilots Aren't Flying Enough to Hone the Skills of Full ... » Nov 21, 2016 ...During his confirmation hearing, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General David Goldfein said his service could not surge enough combat-ready forces to conduct a single major regional contingency operation without stripping other regions of the airmen and aircraft needed to meet their basic security needs. Defenseone.com

DefenseTech: Modern Warfare and Weapons | Military.com » The Air Force is giving the green light to launch at least 24 flights of the T-6 Texan II trainer aircraft next week. Marines aim and fire ...The MRZR X made its debut at the AUVSI unmanned systems show near Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. ... Mattis' About-Face: He Now Supports ICBMs as Part of Nuclear Triad. Mattis said ... Military.com

Army's Multi-Domain Battle Gains Traction Across Services: The ... » Mar 13, 2017 ...It's a technical feat Navy experts say is feasible. Even more ambitiously, the Air Force's Multi-Domain Command & Control initiative seeks to create a global network that can coordinate operations from all four services and from US allies. MDC2 would build to build on the existing system of Air Force-led... Breakingdefense.com

Rare Birds: Understanding and Addressing Air Force ... » This report starts from the premise that the Air Force's first steps must be to identify which senior ....Should the USAF Worry About Its Representation in the Most Important Senior Joint Positions? ......14 ....Gen David S. Goldfein, CSAF Focus Area: Strengthening Joint Leaders and Teams, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Air. Force... Rand.org

'It'd be devastating': Air Force chief sounds the alarm on how budget ... » Apr 16, 2017 ...More than halfway through fiscal 2017, Congress still hasn't gotten its act together enough to pass a budget that funds the Air Force and other government ....Goldfein stressed to lawmakers that airmen getting ready to go into combat overseas will keep practicing to avoid any degradation in their skills. Airforcetimes.com

U.S. Air Force | 2017 Index of U.S. Military Strength » The only way the Air Force can sustain that technological edge in the current budget environment is by reducing its fleet of aircraft that are moving toward obsolescence. The state of aircraft ...The Air Force's ISR and lift capabilities face similar problems in specific areas that affect both capability and capacity. The bulk of the... Index.heritage.org

U.S. Military Power » military forces. Measuring hard combat power in terms of its capability, capacity, and readiness to defend. U.S. vital interests is hard, especially in such a limited space as ......The Honorable Heather A. Wilson, Secretary of the Air Force, and General David L. Goldfein, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, statement on “ Air... Heritage.org

Goldfein: Air Force must hone its skills to face growing global threats » Mar 2, 2017 ...After years of focusing on the threat of violent extremism in the Middle East, the Air Force must now turn its attention to the rest of the world, Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein said Thursday. Defensenews.com

Service Chiefs: Budget Uncertainty, Funding Levels are Biggest ... » Robert B. Neller and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein. Army Budget Challenges. In his remarks before the panel, Milley said the most important of the Army's many challenges is consistent, sustained and predictable funding over time. U.S. soldiers, assigned to Special Operations Detachment - C, conduct... Defense.gov