Greg Hadley

Arlington

News Editor at Air & Space Forces Magazine

News Editor at @ASForcesMag. Previous stops at @thestate, @McClatchyDC, @latimessports, @SBTribune, @NDSMCObserver

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B-1s Deploy for First Ever Bomber Task Force Based in Japan

1 week ago | airandspaceforces.com | Greg Hadley

B-1Bs have landed at Misawa Air Base for the U.S. Air Force’s first-ever Bomber Task Force rotation based in Japan, Pacific Air Forces and Air Force Global Strike Command said. The Lancers, from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, touched down at Misawa on April 15, having already flown a training mission with South Korean fighters earlier that day. The Air Force introduced the Bomber Task Force concept in 2018 after it ended its continuous overseas bomber presence.
In Pursuit of ‘Space Control,’ USSF Gets First Upgraded Jammer

1 week ago | airandspaceforces.com | Greg Hadley

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—As Space Force leaders grow more vocal and direct in calling for space weapons to control the domain, one official revealed last week that the Space Force has received a major upgrade to one of its few acknowledged space weapons. The Space Force formally accepted its first “Meadowlands” system, said Col. Bryon McClain, program executive officer for combat power and space domain awareness, during last week’s Space Symposium.
Air Force Piloting Hydrogen Energy Tech for Agile Combat Logistics

1 week ago | airandspaceforces.com | Shaun Waterman |Greg Hadley

Hickham Air Force Base in Hawaii is testing novel energy technology to provide electrical power and hydrogen fuel in the kind of isolated and austere outposts the Air Force will need in the Pacific theater for its new Agile Combat Employment way of warfare. The technology, developed by a majority veteran-founded startup based in Houston, employs wind and solar power to use electrolysis to make hydrogen from water in the atmosphere.
B-1 Bombers Jet to South Korea for Training, Flyover

1 week ago | airandspaceforces.com | Greg Hadley

B-1Bs from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, flew over South Korea alongside U.S. and Korean fighters on April 15, adding to the already robust USAF bomber presence in the Indo-Pacific. The BONEs flew over the western part of the Korean peninsula, overflying Osan Air Base, according to a release from the 7th Air Force, escorted by U.S. Air Force F-16s and Republic of Korea Air Force F-35s and F-16s.
Pentagon Looks to Ground Radars for Space Domain Awareness

1 week ago | airandspaceforces.com | Greg Hadley

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—As the Space Force looks to expand its ability to track objects in orbit, a series of ground-based radars coming in the next few years could help fill gaps in coverage.
Tournear Reinstated as SDA Director After Investigation

1 week ago | airandspaceforces.com | Greg Hadley

Derek M. Tournear, the director of the trailblazing Space Development Agency, who was put on administrative leave in January amid an investigation into a disputed contract, will return to his duties April 17, the Department of the Air Force announced. Tournear’s return is seen as a major boost for SDA, the future of which has been in question in recent months.
Space Force, Intelligence Community Breaking Through on Data Sharing

1 week ago | airandspaceforces.com | Greg Hadley

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—After months of debate and sometimes public tension, the Space Force and Intelligence Community are making progress on establishing ways to work together, officials said this week—with one predicting there will soon be “a sharing of data like we’ve never seen before.” At the Space Symposium on April 8, Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Michael A. Guetlein and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Vice Adm. Frank D.
Caine Confirmed as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs

1 week ago | airandspaceforces.com | Greg Hadley

Lt. Gen. Dan Caine was confirmed as the 22nd Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by the Senate early April 11, making history as the first Air National Guardsman to take on the nation’s top uniformed job. Caine is the sixth Airman to be Chairman and succeeds Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., who was abruptly dismissed from the job by President Donald Trump in February. He was approved on a wide bipartisan basis, 60-25.
Space Force Looks to Go Big on Commercial Services

2 weeks ago | airandspaceforces.com | Greg Hadley

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Space Force acquisition leaders were already looking to see if they could shift some of their biggest programs to use commercial services or technology, but one of President Donald Trump’s executive orders, signed April 9, that could super-charge that effort. Now, the service’s vision for going beyond conventional Pentagon-industry partnerships has an even greater sense of urgency, those leaders said at the Space Symposium.
Golden Dome Is New, but Next-Gen Missile Warning Is Already in Work

2 weeks ago | airandspaceforces.com | Greg Hadley

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Pentagon’s plan to implement President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense system is still in the works and nothing final has been decided, but at the Space Symposium here, military and industry officials alike touted partnerships and work already done that will feed into the initiative.