Frank Wolfe
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InternationalPortuguese Air Force Analyzing Options for F-16 Replacement
LISBON, Portugal–While the Portuguese defense minister recently downplayed the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter as a candidate to replace the country’s 28 F-16s, the F-35 may still be in the […]
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Air ForcePortuguese ‘Rhinos’ Pleased with KC-390
BEJA AIR BASE (AIR BASE 11), Portugal–The Portuguese Air Force (PRTAF) received its first Embraer KC-390 transport in October 2023 and its second in June of last year, as the […]
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Air ForceDepartment of the Air Force Likely to See Gains in Fiscal 2026 Budget
As the defense community awaits the release of the Pentagon’s fiscal 2026 budget in the next month or so, the Department of the Air Force may stand to gain a […]
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InternationalChair of Danish Parliament Defense Committee Warns NATO Countries on Buy of U.S. Military Equipment
The chairman of the Danish Parliament’s defense committee advised NATO countries on Wednesday to avoid the buy of U.S. military equipment, including Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35s fighters. “As one of […]
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Air ForceSullivan, NORTHCOM Favor Increased Alaskan Deterrence Build-Up
Adak Island, the site of a former Navy base closed in 1997 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, may see military reuse to aid U.S. posture in the Indo-Pacific. […]
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Air ForceCanada Turns to Australia for NORAD Radar
Canada is turning to Australia for a more than $4 billion Arctic radar for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). The Canadian Over-the-Horizon Radar would leverage Australia’s BAE Systems‘ […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force and Navy Brief Trump and Congress on NGAD
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) tactical air and land forces panel, said on Tuesday that he recently received a briefing from the […]
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Air ForceUSAF Wants to ‘Stop the Bleeding’ in Sustainment Accounts
One top U.S. Air Force priority is bolstering sustainment and flying hours funding, as the service moves to an envisioned fleet of cheaper to maintain, unmanned Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) […]
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InternationalUkrainian ‘Air Denial’ Strategy Under Strain
Since the second Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the Ukrainian military has been able to stifle Russian manned aircraft strikes, but that deterrence may not hold without […]
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SpaceAlbedo Space Says Clarity-1 to Show VLEO Is ‘Next Frontier’
The Clarity-1 very-low Earth orbit (VLEO) imaging satellite by Denver’s Albedo Space and the first microsatellite owned and operated by Norway’s Kongsberg are among the 74 payloads that reached orbit […]
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