Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceUSAF Mechanics Take On Aircraft Born Five Decades Before They Were
BARKSDALE AFB, La.–Every 450 flight hours, or two years, an early 1960s U.S. Air Force B-52H bomber by Boeing [BA] will come here for 23 days of phased, “bumper to […]
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Air ForceB-52Hs May Have Role, If Iran Strikes Ordered
BARKSDALE AFB, La.–As the United States and Iran remain at loggerheads over the Iranian nuclear program, satellite photos this week have shown four B-52H bombers at the U.S.-U.K. base on […]
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Air ForceLead Wing for LRSO is 2nd Bomb Wing
BARKSDALE AFB, La.–The U.S. Air Force’s 2nd Bomb Wing here is to be the lead wing for acceptance of the RTX [RTX] AGM-181 Long Range Standoff (LRSO) nuclear cruise missile, […]
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Air ForceB-52H Upgrades Face Supply Challenges
BARKSDALE AFB, La.–Announced by Boeing [BA] in 2009 and first fielded in 2014, the company’s Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT) upgrade for the B-52H has been to replace old displays […]
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Air ForceSustainment Presents Hurdle for B-52 Modernization
BARKSDALE AFB, La.–Tail number 60-041 exited its parking spot, “Whiskey 2,” early afternoon on Tuesday for a planned five-hour flight to allow crew from the 93rd Bomb Squadron and 11th […]
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Air ForceEXCLUSIVE: Bussiere Approves 2 of 3 Missile Wings’ Sentinel Silo Plans
BARKSDALE AFB, La.–U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink is visiting Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) here in his first visit to a service major command. Gen. Thomas Bussiere, the […]
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Air ForceUSAF Explores Possible Minuteman III Development, Operations, Sustainment Program
The U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center may hold an industry day in late August at Hill AFB, Utah to gauge industry capacity to support a possible ICBM Development, Operations, […]
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Air ForceCBO: Availability of 7-Year-Old F-35A That of a 36-Year-Old F-16C/D
Facing a “China scenario”–an invasion of Taiwan–continuously mentioned by top DoD officials in recent years would require sheer system number that the U.S. may not have. For their part, U.S. […]
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Air ForcePentagon Fiscal 2026 Budget to Prioritize USAF F-47 Over Navy F/A-XX
Of the Pentagon’s two sixth generation fighter programs, the U.S. Air Force F-47 by Boeing [BA] takes priority in DoD’s upcoming fiscal 2026 budget request, while the U.S. Navy F/A-XX […]
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Air ForceHouse Defense Appropriators Reject Cancellation of USAF E-7
House defense appropriators propose $500 million in fiscal 2026 for the U.S. Air Force E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft by Boeing [BA] and turn back the Trump administration’s bid […]