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It is a “misconception” to say that the advanced drones that the U.S. Air Force is planning to acquire in the coming years will necessarily be “attritable,” according to a senior officer who has been directly involved in the initial planning process. This reflects a broader shift away from the term attritable — meaning inexpensive enough to be willing to lose on high risk missions while being capable enough to be relevant for those missions — to a new concept the service has dubbed “affordable mass.

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The U.S. Air Force’s two future VC-25B presidential aircraft will wear a paint scheme more in line with the iconic ones on the existing VC-25A Air Force Ones. President Joe Biden’s decision on the paint job reverses one made by his predecessor, Donald Trump, which would have seen the aircraft wear an entirely new red, white, and blue livery.
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The Secretary of the Air Force’s Public Affairs Office announced the decision on the VC-25B’s paint job today and provided specifics on how it differs from the VC-25A’s scheme.

WASHINGTON – When Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago, the Kremlin had hundreds of MiG and Sukhoi planes in reserve in its air force.
By some estimates, the Ukrainian fighter fleet was much meager, numbering 69 aircraft at most. According to experts, its size was one-tenth that of Russia.
Ukraine and its supporters claim that Western fighters are now needed to tip the scales in Ukraine’s favor while enabling close air support and air interdiction missions.

Given the pace at which China is accelerating shipbuilding and fleet expansion, the new Chinese aircraft carriers are not without concern for the Pentagon.
In recent months and years, China has been adding new shipyards and spawning new classes of Type 075 amphibians, new Type 055 near-stealth destroyers, and new aircraft carriers.
China continues to increase its naval capabilities.
It is well known that, in numerical terms, the PRC’s naval fleet is larger than that of the United States, which does not necessarily translate into maritime superiority.

Military forces from several NATO countries are participating this week in three major exercises inside the Arctic Circle, focused on capacity building, cooperation and cross-border law enforcement.
More than 30 ships, four submarines and multiple aircraft, from maritime patrols to troop transports, have kicked off NATO’s Joint Warrior 2023 maneuver.
Set primarily off the northern Norwegian coast and along the northern European seas, Joint Warrior is run by the British Royal Navy and incorporates surface, underwater, airborne and land-based scenarios.

A battery issue forced the Army and Navy to call off a planned flight test of a hypersonic missile that was scheduled for March 5, military officials said Friday.
The two services are working together on a common hypersonic glide body that could be used for the Army’s ground-launched Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) and the Navy’s sea-launched Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) system. The Pentagon wants these types of missiles because their speed and maneuverability are expected to pose challenges for enemy air defenses and provide a new quick-strike capability.

An F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off to participate in a night flying sortie at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Aug. 6, 2014. (U.S. Air Force).

This article by Rob Verger first appeared on Popular Science.

Before the jet fuel that powers an aircraft’s engines can be burned, it begins its life in the ground as a fossil fuel. But the US military is exploring new ways of producing that fuel, synthetically, and on site, where it needs to be used.

Photo by Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Forces from Russia’s Wagner Group private military company may be taking a “tactical pause” as fighting continues around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, control of which has been fiercely contested for several months now. According to a U.S. research group and think tank, the Institute for the Study of War, or ISW, the Wagner Group may have taken this action as it awaits much-needed reinforcements to arrive.

So, you’re planning a permanent change of station (PCS) to Germany? You probably have a lot of feelings about it, excitement, nervousness or even uncertainty. I have a few things to share with you that I wish I had known or had better understood about the transition to the Ramstein Air Base that can help […]
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