U.S. Air Force Gen. Ken Wilsbach, commander of Air Combat Command, speaks to Capt. Nick “Laz” Le Tourneau, F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team commander and pilot, following the team’s certification flight at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Jan. 24, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Matthew Coleman-Foster)
The biggest challenge to Air Force readiness is the tension between sustaining legacy systems and investing in future capabilities under constrained budgets, Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach told lawmakers.
An instructor with Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, engages targets from a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk assigned to Bravo Company, 1-140th Aviation Regiment, during Advanced Sniper Course 25-2 hosted by EOTG, I MEF, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 19, 2025. ASC is designed to train personnel in the marksmanship skills necessary to provide sniper support to expeditionary operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Oliver Nisbet)
The U.S. Capitol Building is seen at dusk after the National Weather Service issued an Extreme Heat Warning for the region on June 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 10: Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) arrives to a caucus meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill May 10, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James Kilby participates in a fireside chat with U.S. Army Gen. (Ret.) Curtis M. Scaparrotti during the Sea-Air-Space 2025 maritime exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland, April 7, 2025. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Vanessa White/Released)
LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 11: In this photo illustration, the messaging service Signal app is seen on a mobile phone on January 11, 2021 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Edward Smith/Getty Images)
Stephen Feinberg, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, testifies during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on February 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
The U.S. Capitol building at dusk as vehicles travel on Pennsylvania Avenue on November 05, 2023 in Washington DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
By definition, predictive planning systems such as the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) cannot work in a dynamic environment.
