Air Force

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate passed a $626 billion fiscal year 2010 Pentagon appropriations bill last night by a 93-7 margin after rejecting an attempt to delete from it 10 […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate neared final passage of the defense appropriations bill last night after accepting amendments including one requiring the Pentagon report to Congress on ground-based interceptor missiles. […]

By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers continued debating the Pentagon’s two budget bills yesterday, hashing out whether to include controversial funding for C-17 cargo aircraft and a second engine for the F-35 […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate’s lead appropriator said last Friday he hopes the final defense appropriations bill being readied for the White House will fund the F-35’s second engine program […]

By Emelie Rutherford Senior lawmakers said yesterday they hope to finish work on the two Pentagon funding bills by the start of fiscal year 2010 next week, though they acknowledged […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon, in a second round of appeals to defense authorization legislation, is pushing back on lawmakers’ cuts to its requests for a new Humvee-replacement vehicle, ship […]

By Emelie Rutherford A key Senate panel approved Pentagon spending legislation yesterday that heeds many of the Obama administration’s big program cuts while also boosting funds for additional mine-proof vehicles […]

By Marina Malenic RIDLEY PARK, Pa.–With criticism of V-22 Osprey operational costs and readiness rates mounting in Washington, the Marine Corps has asked contractors Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] and Boeing […]

By Emelie Rutherford A Senate panel unveiled a defense appropriations bill yesterday that all but assures continued C-17 aircraft production while leaving the F-35’s alternate engine, F-22 jet, and VH-71 […]

By Ann Roosevelt French Air Force Gen. St�phane Abrial yesterday became Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT), leading one of two NATO strategic commands and previously led by U.S. commanders. Abrial […]