As the Department of the Air Force works to build a more connected and resilient Battle Network, military and industry leaders focused on one central challenge: how to move capability to the warfighter faster.
The top U.S. military commander in South Korea emphasized the allies’ commitment to deterrence and combat readiness.
Five allied nations wrapped up the annual Medusa military exercise on a public beach outside Chania, Crete, complete with drone strikes, marine landings, and jets roaring overhead, while vacationers in swimsuits looked on from behind a police cordon. Greek and Egyptian forces led the hourlong finale on Friday, sending marines and special forces operators sprinting […] The post Greece and Egypt stage massive military drills on Crete beach — with sunbathing tourists watching from the sand appeared first on American Almanac .
Five allied nations wrapped up the annual Medusa military exercise on a public beach outside Chania, Crete, complete with drone strikes, marine landings, and jets roaring overhead, while vacationers in swimsuits looked on from behind a police cordon. Greek and Egyptian forces led the hourlong finale on Friday, sending marines and special forces operators sprinting through plumes of colored smoke onto a strip of coastline near the village of Maleme. Fast boats roared ashore. Helicopters banked low. Simulated fire crackled across the waterline. And a few hundred feet away, tourists clutched their phones and tried to figure out what, exactly, they had stumbled into. The exercise, which began September 10, drew military units from France,…Open
Defense analysts speculated the announcement could indicate that the U.S. believes competitors are deploying their own space weapons.
Lt. Gen. Daniel Tulley, commander of Air Mobility Command, joined fellow commanders and senior leaders to address service members, defense industry partners and journalists during the 2026 AFA Air, Space and Cyber Conference.
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Panelists emphasized that sustaining deterrence requires continuous bomber fleet modernization, resilient communications, low-observable technologies, and strong industrial base partnerships.
Air Force senior leaders at the 2026 Air, Space and Cyber Conference discussed adapting to contested environments while balancing current readiness with future modernization.
Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Monday that the U.S. has fielded “on-orbit space control weapons.”
Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Monday that the U.S. has fielded “on-orbit space control weapons.”Open
For the first time, The United States has confirmed that it has deployed weapons in space, a significant revelation following years of warnings about the potential militarization of space by countries including Russia. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told the Air and Space Cyber Conference in Maryland on Monday that the U.S. has fielded “on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action.” LiveNOW’s Austin Westfall brings national security analyst Hal Kempfer into the conversation to discuss.