Air Force

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

By Emelie Rutherford Defense Secretary Robert Gates said this week he intends to stick with plans hashed out last year to maintain a full 76 of the Air Force’s B-52 […]

By Emelie Rutherford Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) said while he agrees with many of Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ recommended program changes, he will scrutinize Gates’ proposals for the Air Force […]