Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceUSAF May Reopen Hypersonic Test Facility In Sandusky, Ohio
To improve its testing of scramjet engines, the Air Force may reopen Sandusky, Ohio’s Hypersonic Test Facility (HTF) at the NASA Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility–known as Plum Brook Station […]
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Air ForceExperimental Operations Unit Flights To Spur CCA Increment 2 Requirements
AURORA, Colo.–Flights by Nellis AFB, Nevada’s Experimental Operations Unit (EOU) for Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) are to lead to requirements for Increment 2 of the CCA program, a U.S. Air […]
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Air ForceMore Than Half Of Increase In Department Of Air Force Future Years Plan Is For Readiness, Lohmeier Says
AURORA, Colo.–The Department of the Air Force’s fiscal 2027 five-year budget plan aims to rebuild readiness through increasing flying hours and sustainment, Air Force Undersecretary Matthew Lohmeier told the Air […]
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SpaceBooster Resurfaces As Vulcan Centaur Issue; Rocket Use For NSSL Halted During Space Force Investigation
AURORA, Colo.–The Space Force has suspended launches of the United Launch Alliance‘s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program while the service investigates and fixes […]
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Air ForceAir Force Acquisition Official: ‘APG-85 Is A Helluva Radar Unless You Don’t Have One’
AURORA, Colo.–While it may take two years to field, a dual-mount bulkhead in the nose of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 to accommodate both the AN/APG-81 radar or the twice […]
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Air ForceUSAF And Northrop Grumman Break Ground On Sentinel Prototype Silo
AURORA, Colo.–On Feb. 13, the U.S. Air Force broke ground on a prototype silo for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM at the company’s Promontory, Utah, site, officials […]
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Air ForceRolls-Royce F130 Engine For B-52 Passes Altitude And Operability Testing, Company Says
AURORA, Colo.—Rolls-Royce said on Tuesday that it has completed altitude and operability testing for the company’s F130 engine as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) […]
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Air ForceUSAF Primed To Buy Large Number Of KC-46s In FY 2027; No Look At KC-390
AURORA, Colo.–As the Air Force aims to correct Category 1 deficiencies on the Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus tanker, the service is poised to buy a large number in the fiscal […]
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Air ForceAir Force Starts Inert, Captive Carry Weapons Testing For CCA
AURORA, Colo.–The Air Force has begun inert, captive carry weapons testing for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program featuring an Increment 1 competition this year between General Atomics‘ YFQ-42A Dark […]
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Air ForcePentagon Reconciliation Funding Has $4.5 Billion For B-21, As Northrop Grumman And Air Force Agree To Acceleration
AURORA, Colo.–The Pentagon’s $150.5 billion in fiscal 2026 reconciliation funding has $4.5 billion to accelerate production of the U.S. Air Force B-21 Raider stealth bomber by Northrop Grumman [NOC], and […]