Author: Michael

Air Force Brig. Gen. Erik Quigley has been fired from his job at Air Force Materiel Command after an internal investigation “revealed inappropriate personal relationships,” according to an Air Force news release.
As of Wednesday morning, no additional information about what type of relationships led to Quigley’s removal was immediately available.
No charges have been filed against Quigley, an Air Force Materiel Command spokesperson told Task & Purpose.

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Trump betrays military members – The question is why?

I wrote late last year about concerns President Trump would not fire General C.Q. Brown, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Our fears are now realized.
“Talking to the Chairman, and so many other folks here, we’re in capable hands. The warfighters are ready to go,” Hegseth told reporters, shortly after greeting Brown with a salute and grin at 8:57 a.m. Eastern Time when his motorcade rolled up to the Pentagon’s River Entrance, reported Air and Space Forces.

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The Air Force is conducting mission-level modeling for the next increment of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, and options being considered include drones that don’t require runways to be launched, according to a senior officer.
The CCA initiative envisions using highly autonomous uncrewed systems to serve as robotic wingmen for manned fighter jets and perform other missions. The service plans to develop and field new iterations of these types of platforms over time.

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