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  • US KC-135 refuels Netherlands F-16

    AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
  • Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson emphasized the importance of the U.S. maintaining its dominance in space during a speech April 9, 2019, at the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo. “America is the best in the world at space, and our adversaries know it,” she said. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Mathews)

    Shanahan, Wilson, Goldfein offer views for ensuring U.S. superiority in space

    The top echelon of the United States’ civilian and military leadership offered unflinching assurances April 9, that America’s superiority in space will endure even as competition – and the stakes – for primacy intensify.
  • Defense Secretary James N. Mattis speaks at a lectern on a parade field, as troops stand behind him.

    Mattis Pays Tribute to Prisoners of War, Missing in Action

    Service members who were held as prisoners of war and those still missing from the nation's wars deserve respect and admiration from the nation for which they fought, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said.
  • A soldier does pushups in a gas mask.

    Mattis: New Policy Cracks Down On Force Deployability

    The Defense Department has a “higher expectation” of deployability by its forces, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said.
  • Defense Secretary Jim Mattis testifies on the fiscal year 2018 budget request from the Defense Department at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee in Washington, June 12, 2017. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro

    Mattis Asks Congress for Stable Budgets, End to Sequestration

    Defense Secretary Jim Mattis launched a full-throated attack on looming across-the-board spending cuts during a budget hearing on Capitol Hill, saying "no enemy in the field has done more to harm the combat readiness of our military than sequestration."
  • Defense Secretary Ashton Carter visits Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, Thursday, May, 12, 2016. Gen. John Hyten, commander of Air Force Space Command, and Adm. Cecil Haney, U.S. Strategic Command commander, as well as Betty Sapp, National Reconnaissance Office director, also visited the installation to view the Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center. Col. DeAnna Burt, 50th Space Wing commander, hosted the leadership. (U.S. Air Force photo/Christopher DeWitt)

    Defense Secretary visits Schriever

    Defense Secretary Ashton Carter visited the Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, Thursday, May, 12, 2016. Gen. John Hyten, commander of Air Force Space Command, and Adm. Cecil Haney, U.S. Strategic Command commander, also visited the installation. The center provides the Department of Defense and the intelligence community with a robust test and experimentation environment to better integrate our space operations in response to threats and afford unity of effort between diverse space communities.
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