Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceDefense Authorization Conference Bill Allows 159 USAF Plane Retirements
The fiscal 2022 defense authorization conference bill largely accedes to the U.S. Air Force request to retire 201 aircraft with some conditions and a prohibition on retiring A-10 Warthog close […]
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Air ForceU.S. Central Command Looks to Bolster ISR Coverage
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to strengthen its intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities beyond those afforded by current space assets and the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper. “The fact […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Launches STP-3 Mission from Cape Canaveral
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) mission got spaceborne in the early morning hours of Dec. 7 after a 5:19 a.m. launch aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) […]
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Air ForceKendall: 30-Year Old Aircraft an ‘Anchor’ Holding Back USAF Modernization
Congress should permit the U.S. Air Force to retire dozens of aging planes to help the service fund modernization, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told the Reagan National Defense Forum […]
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Air ForceUSAF to Apply KC-46 Lessons Learned to Future Contracts
Given that Boeing‘s [BA] fixed-price contract for the KC-46A Pegasus tanker is more than a decade-old, the U.S. Air Force will almost assuredly not alter the arrangement to cost-plus, but […]
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Air ForceEC-37B Receives Electronic Warfare System of Compass Call
The U.S. Air Force and BAE Systems have moved the electronic warfare (EW) system of the EC-130H Compass Call onto what is to be the Air Force’s next generation EW […]
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Unmanned SystemsCSIS Report Warns of Looming USAF Inventory Losses
The U.S. Air Force’s fiscal 2022 budget requested the buy of 91 manned aircraft, yet a new Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) report suggests that the service will […]
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PentagonPublic Support for Increasing Pentagon Spending Ranks Behind Health Care and Education
Support among the U.S. general public for increasing Pentagon spending ranks behind health care and education, according to a new national defense survey of 2,533 adults by the Ronald Reagan […]
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Unmanned SystemsSilent Arrow Glider to Be Modified for Swarm Cargo Deployments Under AFRL Contract
California-based Yates Electrospace Corp. is to develop modifications of its Silent Arrow glider under an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract for swarm deployments at high speeds and altitudes, the […]
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Air ForceUSAF to Prioritize Integration of Autonomous Systems
Among the U.S. Air Force’s top modernization priorities will be the integration of autonomous systems to counter high-tech potential adversaries, China and Russia, Air Force Under Secretary Gina Ortiz Jones […]