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Then-Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey, Department of the Air Force Integrating Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Command Control Communications and Battlefield Management (C3BM) provides an overview of the progress being made to stand up the directorate to the audience at the 9th Annual Life Cycle Industry Days (LCID) in Dayton, Ohio, July 30, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jim Varhegyi)

Luke Cropsey, Air Force’s C3BM exec, tapped for promotion to top acquisition job

As program executive officer for command, control, communications and battle management, he's played a leading role in the development of the DAF Battle Network.
4 hours ago By Jon Harper
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Raun Howell, 6th ARW command chief, second from left, shakes hands with Gen. Johnny Lamontagne, Air Mobility Command commander, at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, June 9, 2025. Lamontagne arrived to attend CORONA South 2025, a conference held bi-annually that allows Air Force leaders to discuss strategy and policy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Derrick Bole)

Trump nominates Gen. Lamontagne for Air Force vice chief

The Air Force has been without a Senate-confirmed vice chief since February, when Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth fired Gen. James Slife from the position.
Dec 16, 2025 By Mikayla Easley
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jasmyn McClendon, cyber systems operator with the 236th Combat Communication Squadron, Louisiana National Guard, monitors the status of the deployed network in support of exercise Air Defender 2023 (AD23) at Hohn, Germany, June 13, 2023. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Larissa Lambert)

Air National Guard adding cyber operations squadron at Louisiana base

The cyber operations unit is expected to reach full operational capability in spring 2030.
Dec 11, 2025 By Mikayla Easley
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Airmen with the 752nd Operations Support Squadron setup the Tactical Operations Center – Light it during exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025, July 25, 2025. The multi-week exercise, involving more than 12,000 U.S. and coalition personnel and approximately 300 aircraft operating across 50 locations and 3,000 miles in the Indo-Pacific, tested the Air Force’s joint and allied partners ability to rapidly deploy to a dynamic, contested environment. (Courtesy Photo)

Air Force tests logistics of next-gen C2 during huge REFORPAC exercise

The program manager for Tactical Operations Center - Light (TOC-L) and other Air Force officials talked to DefenseScoop about how things played out at the inaugural Resolute…
Nov 26, 2025 By Mikayla Easley
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit and the 310th Fighter Squadron participate in the annual weapons load competition, Feb. 7, 2025, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. The load competition featured the loading of an AIM-120 AMRAAM, an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile, and a GBU-12 with a time standard of 20 minutes. Exercises like the weapons load competition advance training by producing command focused Airmen able to meet warfighting requirements. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Katelynn Jackson)

Air Force puts out call to industry for new counter-air missiles

The Air Force is looking for ideas to develop an inexpensive munition that can be produced in the thousands each year under the Counter-Air Missile Program (CAMP).
Nov 11, 2025 By Mikayla Easley
Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink, left, swears in Gen. Ken Wilsbach as the new Chief of Staff of the Air Force at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, Nov. 3, 2025. Mrs. Cindy Wilsbach joined her husband during the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stuart Bright)

Gen. Wilsbach sworn in as Air Force chief, pledges to advance modernization and readiness

“We must guarantee that tomorrow's Airmen inherit an Air Force that can win,” Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach wrote in his first letter to the force.
Nov 5, 2025 By Mikayla Easley
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