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National Defense September 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Move to Merge Air Force, Guard Units Derailed by Base Closures The Defense Department's base-closure recommendations, which would strip the Guard of nearly one-third of its airbases, have so angered state governors and members of Congress that all parties likely will have to go back to the negotiating table.  |
National Defense December 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Guardsmen Shift Roles to Align More with Air Force The Air National Guard is reorganizing -- shedding some traditional missions and taking on new ones -- in order to play a larger national-security role as its active-duty partner, the Air Force, shrinks in size.  |
National Defense September 2007 Grace Jean |
Air Guard Chief Braces for Dramatic Change For a proud organization such as the Air National Guard, it has been a tough year. As if losing dozens of bases across the country weren't enough, it is also giving up flying missions and taking on new, unfamiliar roles.  |
National Defense July 2005 Michael Peck |
Air Force, Air Guard Pilots Merge in F/A-22 Wing Air National Guard pilots are training to fly the F/A-22 Raptor as part of an experimental combat unit that combines active duty and Guard fighter members.  |
National Defense January 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Air Force Stepping Out of Comfort Zone Throughout the blue-suit community, there is an undeniable and growing recognition that the Air Force is changing, not just by design, but also in an effort to adjust to these tumultuous times.  |
National Defense October 2011 Grace V. Jean |
Guard Aircraft Fleets Continue To Shrink Over the past decade, the Air National Guard has shrunk in size and continues to fly with some of the oldest aircraft in the Defense Department's inventory.  |
National Defense September 2011 Grace V. Jean |
National Guard Chief Frets About Aging Aircraft The District of Columbia Air National Guard's 113th Wing has dispatched its jet fighters more than 3,000 times since 9/11 to intercept aircraft that have strayed into the national capital region's restricted airspace.  |
National Defense September 2005 Grace Jean |
Guard Balancing Emerging Roles in Homeland Defense The National Guard continues to expand its missions in support of homeland defense, even as it contends with frequent overseas deployments, equipment shortages and low recruiting levels.  |
National Defense March 2008 Grace V. Jean |
Pilot Stress, Aging Equipment Cause Angst at D.C. Air Guard Defending the nation's capital from an aerial attack might seem a good enough reason to give a wing commander whatever he needs. But it has not worked out that way for the aviators of the District of Columbia Air National Guard.  |
National Defense September 2004 Frank Colucci |
Army Depends Heavily on National Guard Aviators If predictions that Army National Guard aviation units are not likely to see mass resignations prove to be accurate, it would be good news for the Army, which is struggling to meet growing demands for rotary pilots in Iraq and Afghanistan.  |
National Defense September 2004 Joe Pappalardo |
Overextended National Guard Undergoing Sweeping Changes National Guard leaders are planning a fundamental re-structuring aimed at making the force more versatile and relevant. These efforts come as the Guard faces dilemmas and stresses which experts say are the result of overuse as an operational force in deployments.  |
National Defense November 2010 Stew Magnuson |
NORTHCOM's Proposed Light Fighter Aircraft Could Face Budget Hurdles Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, U.S. Northern Command commander, raised eyebrows when he told Washington-based reporters that he saw the need for a new light fighter-style aircraft that could be used for intercept missions in the homeland.  |
National Defense November 2004 Joe Pappalardo |
Blum: Guard Transformation Would Survive Future Cutbacks The National Guard is adopting historic new roles in national defense and plans on making the changes permanent, according to the Guard's chief.  |
National Defense October 2011 Grace V. Jean |
National Guard Bracing for Budget Cuts Like many in the Pentagon, Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard, is worried about future funding cuts.  |
National Defense March 2010 Stew Magnuson |
Future Remotely Piloted Aircraft Will Do More Than Surveillance Military leaders are beginning think about concepts for the third-generation UAVs. In the future, they will want the drones to do a lot more than peer down on adversaries.  |
National Defense June 2014 Valerie Insinna |
Congress to Delay Controversial Army Aviation Restructure Plan The debate over the Army's aviation restructure initiative is only the opening bell for what will likely be a long, painful struggle to define the roles of the service's active and National Guard components, experts said.  |
National Defense September 2010 Grace V. Jean |
National Guard Chief: 'Our Weaknesses Are Here At Home' Congressional supporters have argued that Guard strength should be maintained or even expanded, so it can handle homeland security missions that have been under-resourced because of war commitments.  |
National Defense November 2010 Stew Magnuson |
For Coast Guard, Remotely Piloted Aircraft Remain A Distant Goal The Coast Guard, the service responsible for protecting the homeland from sea-based terrorist attacks as well as conducting search-and-rescue missions, as of yet does not have a dedicated UAV that it can fly off its ships.  |
National Defense April 2004 Harold Kennedy |
Guard Reshuffles Force To Offset Deployment Stress To continue to meet growing deployment requirements around the world, the U.S. National Guard is changing its force mix.  |
National Defense September 2014 Valerie Insinna |
Air Force Seeking Greater Balance Between Active, Reserve Components The politically damaging public battles between the Air Force and its reserve components over funding and personnel seem to have subsided after a wave of budget compromises, integration initiatives and a report to Congress.  |
National Defense July 2009 Grace V. Jean |
Air Force Responding to Insatiable Demand for Surveillance Drones To meet the voracious need for unmanned aircraft surveillance in combat zones, the Air Force's 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing is creating a new Predator squadron, relocating its training units and expanding base operations.  |
National Defense August 2007 Mackenzie M. Eaglen |
National Guard, Reserves Get Help, But Need More The equipment shortfalls in the Guard and Reserves have gone from bad to worse during the last six years.  |
National Defense August 2008 Grace V. Jean |
Predator Ground Stations Need Redesign, Say Pilots The demands for aerial surveillance in Iraq and Afghanistan grow by the day, and that means more Predator unmanned aircraft and pilots are needed.  |
National Defense September 2013 Stew Magnuson |
Fight to Keep A-10 Warthog in Air Force Inventory Reaches End Game The Air Force wants to replace both the A-10 and the F-16 with the new F-35.  |
National Defense July 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Role of Unmanned Aircraft Questioned Where and when UAVs can fly in U.S. airspace remains the purview of the Federal Aviation Administration, which has taken a conservative stance on their use. The FAA may be busy in the coming months.  |
Popular Mechanics April 1, 2009 Joe Pappalardo |
Inside the War Games for U.S. Air Force Fighter Pilots This week, warplanes from the Air National Guard 174th Fighter Wing will be flying training missions over the desert outside Nellis Air Force Base, trying desperately to compete during simulated combat over the high Nevada desert.  |
National Defense October 2007 Grace Jean |
Department of Homeland Security Plans to Fly More Predators Such a surveillance system could patrol large public events, such as the Super Bowl or the upcoming Olympics in Vancouver.  |
National Defense July 2012 Dan Parsons |
Teaming Pilots With Drones Hampered By Technology The Army recently found that the most cost effective solution to replace its scout helicopters was a mix of traditional rotary wing platforms and unmanned aerial vehicles flying alongside to cover more ground in a single mission.  |
National Defense February 2012 Dan Parsons |
Air Force F-35s, Drones May Square Off in Budget Battle Unmanned aerial vehicles have become a potent portion of the U.S. Air Force inventory and an indispensable weapon in the global war on terror.  |
National Defense April 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Guard Equipment Bill Surpasses $100 Billion A commitment by the Army to pour $21 billion into the National Guard's procurement accounts is reassuring, but still not enough to fill equipment shortages.  |
National Defense January 2010 Austin Wright |
Commandant Discusses Coast Guard's Efforts to Modernize The Coast Guard's Deepwater acquisition program aims to overhaul the Coast Guard's fleet by 2027, but the project is more expensive than anticipated and may take longer to complete.  |
National Defense January 2010 Stew Magnuson |
Border Agencies to Fly Maritime Unpiloted Aircraft in Caribbean Customs and Border Protection and the Coast Guard will begin flying a maritime version of the MQ-9 Predator B Guardian unmanned aircraft vehicle out of Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in January.  |
National Defense August 2008 Grace V. Jean |
Reaper Drones Accomplishing Traditional Fighter Jet Missions Since they were first deployed as reconnaissance and attack aircraft, the Predators have been credited with helping to change the tide in counterinsurgency operations.  |
National Defense August 2006 David Axe |
Clouds on the horizon for pilot-less bombers After years of steady growth in funding, development and operational use, unmanned aerial vehicles have begun to rival -- and, in some cases, exceed -- the capability of manned aircraft.  |
National Defense November 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Should Unmanned Combat Aircraft Be Piloted Only by Fighter Pilots? As more unpiloted aircraft continue to populate the battlefield, a debate is brewing within the Defense Department as to whether these vehicles should be operated only by certified pilots.  |
National Defense July 2009 Grace V. Jean |
Unmanned Systems Could Fly Majority of Air Force Missions Surveillance drones are becoming mainstream and the Air Force is even exploring a broader range of future missions for unmanned systems.  |
National Defense June 2004 Harold Kennedy |
U.S. Northern Command Actively Enlisting Partners The U.S. Northern Command--established in 2002 to prevent a repeat of 9/11--is seeking assistance from a wide range of organizations to help it protect the United States, its territories and interests, said Army Col. Stover James, the organization's director of interagency coordination.  |
National Defense December 2011 Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard Hasn't Given Up on Long Delayed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Plans The case for having long-endurance, over-the-horizon surveillance capabilities was made in the early years of the Deepwater modernization program.  |
National Defense July 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Four-Star General in Charge of Homeland Defense Not Big On UAVs Unmanned aircraft may be proliferating in combat zones, but in U.S. homeland security missions, don't expect the same phenomenon.  |
IEEE Spectrum January 2011 David Schneider |
Drone Aircraft: How the Drones Got Their Stingers Unmanned aerial vehicles come of age  |
National Defense December 2014 Valerie Insinna |
Predator, Reaper Crew Training at All Time High As Demand Continues Training activity at Holloman Air force Base reflects the ever-growing need for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets such as the MQ-1 and MQ-9.  |
National Defense September 2005 Harold Kennedy |
Reaction Force Grounded? BRAC Said to Threaten Protection for U.S. Capital West Virginia National Guard and political leaders are fighting a Defense Department plan to transfer the state's eight C-130 transport aircraft to Pope Air Force Base, N.C., making it difficult to protect the capital region.  |
National Defense December 2014 Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard Information Technology, Sensor Needs Go Unfilled The Coast Guard is operating ships with obsolete command, control, computer and communications systems, the Department of Homeland Security inspector general said.  |
National Defense November 2013 Valerie Insinna |
Company Takes Risk on New Light Strike Plane Textron Inc. and AirLand Enterprises in September debuted their new Scorpion prototype, a tactical jet aircraft that the companies funded without government dollars.  |
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Tulak, Kraft, & Silbaugh |
State Defense Forces and Homeland Security State Defense Forces represent a valuable additional component for homeland security and homeland defense contingency planning and operations. They can provide key technological and procedural bridges to link US Northern Command to local first-responders and state and federal agencies during operations.  |
National Defense September 2004 Joe Pappalardo |
Guard Rediscovers Diplomatic Role The state partnership program, started in the early aftermath of the Cold War as an outreach to former Soviet Union satellites, now is taking a prominent position in the effort to combat international terrorism.  |
National Defense September 2004 Stephen Willingham |
National Guard Modernization Pegged to Emerging Missions A $12 billion budget represents significant business opportunities to contractors seeking to supply equipment and services to National Guard units in the United States. Here are some cues to getting a contract.  |
Popular Mechanics March 2010 Joe Pappalardo |
The Future For UAVs in the U.S. Air Force The next-generation aircraft envisioned by the Air Force, and modeled in the illustration opposite, would be able to dodge enemy radar, swap payloads for multiple kinds of missions and use sophisticated onboard sensors to prevent collisions with other UAVs and manned airplanes.  |
National Defense March 2010 Austin Wright |
Army Weighs Future of Unmanned Helicopters The Army's recent cancellation of the Fire Scout remotely piloted helicopter has left some wondering whether there is a future for unmanned vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft in the service.  |
National Defense November 2004 Joe Pappalardo |
National Guard Enjoys More Political Sway As the National Guard's use and reputation grows, its political clout is likewise increasing. Once an afterthought in terms of funding, training and resources, the Guard now is pushing Congress and the White House to adopt an ambitious agenda.  |