Air Force
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Air ForceHouse Approps Boost War Supp $4.7 Billion; Add Cargo Planes, Mine-Proof Trucks
By Emelie Rutherford House appropriators want to bolster war funding in the White House’s supplemental spending request by $4.7 billion, with much of the increase covering C-17 and C-130 cargo aircraft and […]
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Air ForceArmy, USSOCOM, USJFOM Capstone Future Study Under Way
By Ann Roosevelt The capstone future study program Unified Quest 09 (UQ09) examining the concepts and capabilities required for strategic, joint and tactical challenges the U.S. military will face 2018-2025 […]
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Air ForceMurtha Backs Off Tanker Dual Buy In Supp As Gates Calls For Fast Passage
By Emelie Rutherford House defense appropriators yesterday polished their proposed war supplemental funding bill–which calls for adding weapon programs yet not a dual-buy Air Force tanker plan to the White […]
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Air ForceBetter Missile Training Coming From STRATCOM, JFCOM
By Ann Roosevelt A single training capability that can be distributed from shooters to the president is the goal of the "All things Missile" initiative from U.S. Joint Forces Command […]
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Air ForceWith Senators’ Tanker Fears Calmed, Carter To Take AT&L Reins Today
By Emelie Rutherford Former Harvard University professor Ashton Carter is due to start work today as the Pentagon’s acquisition czar, after lawmakers dropped their opposition last week upon receiving assurances […]
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Air ForceWork On War Supp Delayed; Murtha Weighing Tanker, F-22 Changes
By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers said yesterday they need more time than anticipated to craft a supplemental war-funding bill, and a lead defense appropriator said he still wants to tack billions […]
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Air ForcePentagon, USAF Officials Doubt Reported JSF Cyber Breach
By Marina Malenic U.S. defense officials yesterday cast doubt on a Wall Street Journal report that cyber spies infiltrated the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program and stole key data. […]
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Air ForceLingering Tanker Worries Keep Carter Vote Stalled
By Emelie Rutherford Two senators blocking a vote to confirm Ashton Carter as Pentagon acquisition czar said this week they will not back down without further assurance the Pentagon will […]
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Air ForceAir Force Sees Next Generation Bomber Buy Secure Despite Gates’ Delay
By Marina Malenic A decision by the Pentagon earlier this month to reexamine a next generation bomber program does not indicate the end of the effort, a top Air Force […]
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Air ForceUSJFCOM’s Operational Analysis Center Turns Lessons Learned Into Actionable Items
By Ann Roosevelt The U.S. Joint Forces Command’s (JFCOM) Joint Center for Operational Analysis (JCOA) produces lessons learned and recommendations for change to inform the joint force and combatant commanders […]