The U.S. will begin training Ukrainian F-16 pilots within two months, Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a recent briefing. While he didn’t give specific numbers, he said there would be “several” pilots and “dozens” of maintainers trained. This follows comments that the U.S. would participate in the process only if the Netherlands and Denmark — who are leading the transfer of planes — reached capacity.

“We know that as the Danes and the Dutch prepare to train those pilots that at a certain point in time in the future, capacity will be reached,” Ryder said.

The training will begin in October at Morris Air National Guard Base in Tucson, Arizona, and will be conducted by the Air National Guard’s 162nd Wing, Ryder said. In September, the pilots will first receive English language training tailored to the training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.

     The U.S. Air Force and Space Force have partnered to create the new Space Test Course, which will instruct Guardians on test and evaluation processes, to conduct robust and methodical system testing on space-flight equipment at the Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

     Space Force Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David D. Thompson and Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin signed a memorandum of agreement Feb. 23, establishing the new course.

     “Ensuring our Guardians can effectively test and validate space-flight equipment is crucial to mission success and protecting the space domain for the Joint Force,” Thompson said.

     The Department of the Air Force recently released its Climate Action Plan formulated in foresight and response to climate change and its reshaping of the increasingly complex global security environment. DAF installations are implementing innovative solutions and pilot programs to meet the goals outlined in the plan, bolstering mission readiness through installation energy resilience.

JOINT BASE LEWIS McCHORD, Wash. (AFNS) --  Members of the 62nd Airlift Wing recently  said their goodbyes to friends and families before deploying in support of U.S. Central Command, U.S. European Command, and U.S. Africa Command operations. This deployment is JB Lewis McChord’s first implementation of the new Mobility Air Force ‘Force Generation’ model.

The Air Force’s top enlisted leader recently rolled out the service’s first “Purple Book,” a primer on the joint force for rank-and-file airmen.

The 39-page booklet introduces airmen to high-level policy like the National Defense Strategy and describes the Air Force’s place in the bigger military picture. It’s one piece in a slew of changes aimed at better educating enlisted airmen and holding them to higher standards of performance.

“We have the first service and the only service who has a book to help us become a better joint-minded service member,” Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass said at the annual Air and Space Forces Association conference.

A CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft belonging to the U.S. Air Force has been stranded at a Norwegian nature preserve after recently suffering a mechanical failure in flight, the head of Air Force Special Operations Command confirmed….