Jeff has been involved in aerospace journalism since the mid 1990s. Prior to joining Aviation Week, Jeff served as managing editor of Launchspace magazine and the International Space Industry Report. He has been the editor and chief of Aviation Week's Aerospace Daily & Defense Report since 2007 and has been a regular contributor to Aviation Week magazine. He received his B.A. from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
The Pentagon’s ongoing Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) is exploring the creation of air units for irregular warfare, and whether such units would be owned by Special Forces or conventional troops, according to the Pentagon’s top civilian official in irregular warfare needs. Michael Vickers, assistant secretary of defense for special operations/low-intensity conflict and interdependent capabilities, thinks that a “light air” component for irregular warfare is an idea whose time has come.
MOONWALK: Forty years ago, on July 20th, 1969, Apollo 11 Mission Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin became the first human beings to set foot on another planetary body when they stepped into the Sea of Tranquility on the moon. Armstrong descended the ladder from the “Eagle” Lunar Module at 10:56pm EDT, and he and Aldrin spent roughly 2.5 hours exploring the lunar surface while Command Module Pilot Michael Collins orbited above them. The mission achieved the late President John F. Kennedy’s goal of landing U.S.
U.S. Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) has formulated its requirements for a follow-on spacecraft to the initial Block 10 Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) satellite, although the service still hasn’t decided whether it will take the form of another identical satellite or an updated version.
