Inside the Air Force Highlights

Highlights from this week's Inside the Air Force:

1. The Pentagon has provided a report to Congress revalidating plans to procure 1,763 F-35s for the Air Force and 680 variants for the Navy and Marine Corps, sources told Inside Defense. That study still includes a caveat and the acquisition objective could change.

Full story: Source: Pentagon revalidated requirement for 2,443 JSF aircraft

2. The Air Force will use a small-scale wind tunnel, which can simulate a Mach 2 flight environment, at Kirtland Air Force Base, NM for its Beam Control and Aero-Effects Research and Development effort.

Full story: USAF to conduct high-energy laser beam control testing at Kirtland AFB

3. The Air Force is now in the process of both crafting an overarching strategy for force element terminals acquisition and conducting a cost capability analysis.

Full story: Air Force expects FAB-T airborne terminal cost capability analysis in 2017