A C-17 on Steroids: The Pentagon has also been slow to complete its Intratheater Lift Analysis, which is examining the question of how many C-130s the Air Force needs and whether some of that mission should be carried out by C-17s. Boeing is offering a C-17A-Plus that could bring three times the cargo of a C-130 to a short, unimproved runway, Marcotte reports. New engines, additional landing gear and other changes would allow the aircraft to take off and land in as little as 2,000 feet. No word on what the Pentagon thinks of this proposal.
Female Airmen and Guardians will soon be able to let their hair down—at least a little. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. recently approved a recommendation by the Air Force uniform board to allow women to wear their hair in one or two braids, or a…