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Adaptive engine work feeds sixth-gen fighter design, says US Air Force
The Air Force is adapting AETP features into the future Next Generation Air Dominance platform’s engines.
US Air Force asks for 72 fighters in 2024, and it might happen again
Top Air Force leaders have said for years that it needs to buy at least 72 new fighters each year to both modernize its fighter fleet and lower its age.
Slow arms deliveries to Taiwan blamed on US production bottlenecks
Total value of delayed sales approaches $19 billion.
By Joe Gould
Fighter fleet is strained — and bill is coming due, ACC chief says
Air Combat Command head Gen. Mark Kelly said the 2018 Air Force We Need study, which called for 62 fighter squadrons, was on the money.
New book on Mullah Omar and the Taliban offers hard lessons for the US
U.S. leadership was consistently caught flat-footed, failing to deliver on their perennial promise to “turn the corner” in the war.
By Kyle Rempfer
Ukraine: UK man’s family ‘devastated’ by death sentence
A court in the separatist-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic of Ukraine convicted two British fighters and one Moroccan Thursday of seeking the violent overthrow of power, an offense punishable by death.
Syrian fighters ready to join next phase of Ukraine war
So far, only a small number of Syrian fighters appear to have arrived in Russia for military training ahead of deployment on the front lines.
US veterans head to Ukraine to fight, but Zelenskyy’s legion faces hurdles
Many veterans are eager to fight for Ukraine. But it may not be that easy.
Islamic State threat forces US changes to evacuations at Kabul airport
Potential Islamic State threats against Americans in Afghanistan are forcing the U.S. military to develop new ways to get evacuees to the airport in Kabul.
By Ahmad Seir and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Marine F-35Cs in this squadron are ready for combat in another fighter jet first
The squadron is slated for an aircraft carrier deployment in 2022.
By Todd South