April 21, 2026 Budget request directs record $338.8 billion to Air Force, Space Force to meet 'challenges of today and tomorrow' The Department of the Air Force unveiled a $338.8 billion budget proposal, a significant boost in funding designed to sharpen readiness, continue modernizing the fleet and underwrite deterrence while ensuring that any threat to national security can be met and, if necessary, defeated.
Aug. 21, 2025 Building a more agile, integrated force: DAF cements inaugural DLE After a monthlong series of exercises across the Indo-Pacific, the Department of the Air Force has concluded its Department-Level Exercises and looks to lessons learned.
Feb. 13, 2024 DAF leaders lock arms, present plan to reoptimize Air Force, Space Force DAF leaders outlined 24 specific decisions during a panel discussion at the AFA Warfare Symposium. The decisions will position the services to better confront China and maintain the hard-won superiority in air and space.