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Pentagon Rolls Out Newest Combatant Command

US Space Command was activated 29 AUG 2019, becoming the nation’s 11th combatant command.

PACAF celebrates 75 years

Pacific Air Forces celebrates 75 years of enduring presence in the Indo-Pacific region.

US Army Futures Command presentation on Multi-Domain Operations - 6 June 2019

Pakistan-India conflict: Why Kashmir is the centre of the dispute

What is causing the Kashmir conflict?

US Air Africa (AFAFRICA), along with the Kenyan Air Force, hosts the 9th annual African Air Chief's Symposium (AACS) in Nairobi, Kenya, August 26-29th 2019. A press conference was held with General Jeffrey Harrigian, Air Forces Europe- Air Forces Africa Commander and Major General Francis Ogolla, Kenya Air Force Commander. More than 40 Air Force delegates from 38 partner nations are participating in the event. This year's AACS includes a variety of engagement opportunities for participating nations to identify key challenges confronting African Air Chief's, strengthen partner networks, discuss inter-operable policies and procedures for personnel recovery and share best practices for enhancing partner capabilities.

African Air Chief's Symposium Press Conference

US Air Forces Africa and the Kenyan Air Force hosts the 9th annual African Air Chief's Symposium (AACS) in Nairobi, Kenya, 26-29 August 2019.

Feature: The Catastrophic Success of the U.S. Air Force

Tomorrow’s fight for the air will likely be much more intense and lethal than air combat has been during the careers of those serving today.  The Air Force must prepare now to meet those formidable challenges.

Features

Apr 24, 2019
The Catastrophic Success of the U.S. Air Force
The Air Force’s immense success resulting from the courage, skill, and technological superiority of American airmen has now perversely made the service much less ready to fight the next big war.

Commentary

Apr 25, 2019
The Hidden Costs of Strategy by Special Operations
Senior leaders in and out of uniform should ask themselves harder questions when deciding to employ special operations forces, for they are too valuable a resource to use haphazardly.

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Analysis

Apr 25, 2019
Air Force Manned Reconnaissance at a Crossroads
After more than 25 years of successful but one-sided combat operations, plans to replace the U.S. Air Force’s legacy big-wing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft with new jets are in doubt.

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Essays

Apr 24, 2019
From Praetorian Guards to National Armies
After African independences, new political authorities made the army the ultimate symbol of sovereignty—as a means of ensuring defense and territorial integrity as well as a foundation for nation building.