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Air Force

With Senators’ Tanker Fears Calmed, Carter To Take AT&L Reins Today

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Monday, April 27th, 2009

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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 on how the Pentagon wants to conduct the Air Force tanker competition. Carter will assume the under secretary for acquisition, technology, and logistics (AT&L) post from John Young, a Bush administration holdover. A Pentagon spokesman said last Friday Carter will be sworn in this morning. "Dr. Carter is the right…

Congress

Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

Congress

Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]