MSgt. Josh Gavulic, a tactical air control party member assigned to the 17th Special Tactics Squadron at Fort Benning, Ga., was killed Feb. 21 during free fall proficiency training at Eloy, Ariz., according to a Feb. 26 Air Force release....
A draft request for proposals for the Long-Range Strike Bomber is now out for review and comment, and a final RFP should be issued in the fall, said Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James on Wednesday. Speaking at a Bloomberg...
The Air Force isn’t planning to mothball its 283 A-10s, but simply retire the type wholesale as part of the Fiscal 2015 budget request, service Secretary Deborah Lee James said Wednesday. James told a Bloomberg defense symposium in Washington, D.C.,...
The Air Force’s share of the $26 billion “Opportunity, Growth, and Security” initiative—an add-on to the defense budget being proposed with the Fiscal 2015 budget—would be $7 billion “if we get it,” Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said Wednesday....
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke with airmen and soldiers at JB Langley-Eustis, Va., on Tuesday about the Fiscal 2015 budget request, which will be presented to Congress next week. Hagel noted that this is the first budget in 13 years...
If the law is not changed and sequester continues as planned, the Air Force may not be able to meet all of the North American Aerospace Command requirements, Army Gen. Charles Jacoby told members of the House Armed Services Committee...
President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced his intent to nominate Lisa Disbrow to be the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management. Disbrow has served as the vice director for force structure, resources, and assessment on the Joint...
The first EC-130H upgraded to the new Baseline-2 standard was redelivered to the 55th Electronic Combat Group—the only unit operating the type—at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., on Feb. 20. The revamped Compass Call now boasts expanded “plug-and-play” capability to allow rapid...
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