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The Air Force will re-evaluate personnel and programmatic cuts as it begins to put together its Fiscal 2014 budget request, said Lt. Gen. Christopher Miller, deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and programs. “We know that there’s been a...

Of the 99 HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopters in the Air Force’s fleet, only 93 are currently flyable, Maj. Gen. Robert Kane, director of global reach programs in the Air Force Secretariat, told lawmakers Tuesday. Further, “major structural cracks” have...

The United States must be prepared for hybrid future conflicts that encompass all domains and likely cross traditional geographic boundaries, Gen. Robert Kehler, US Strategic Command chief, told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday. Although the military is...

The Defense Department is expected to release updated rules of engagement for operating in and defending cyberspace in the next few months, said Army Gen. Keith Alexander, head of US Cyber Command. The existing rules have been in place since 2005, but there have been dramatic changes in the cyber domain since then, Alexander told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday. Specifically, the rules—which are going through a "thorough review" with the Joint Staff—are expected to identify the authorities that the Defense Department needs "to maximize pre-authorization of defense responses and empower activity at the lowest level," said Alexander. In other words, they will address how the Pentagon will react to a cyber attack, he said. DOD is "maturing the standing rules of engagement that would allow us to stop some of the exploits as they're going on," said Alexander. "I think we can do that with minimal risk." He said while he expects some authority to stop attacks at a lower level, going "after a computer in foreign space" likely will require the President and/or Defense Secretary to step in. "That makes a lot of sense from my perspective," he noted. (Alexander's prepared testimony)

The Air Force last September completed its infrastructure realignments associated with BRAC 2005 on time and within the original $3.8 billion budget, said Terry Yonkers, assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations, environment, and logistics. The upfront investment that...

Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., is the Air Force’s top installation, recognized as the service’s winner of the 2012 Commander-In-Chief’s Installation Excellence Award. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta made the announcement on Monday. “I’m extremely proud of the 355th Fighter Wing and the...

The Air Force Academy’s enlisted corps inducted Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould into the Order of the Sword. “I can’t thank you enough,” said Gould, superintendent since June 2009, to the academy’s enlisted force during the March 19 induction...

Lt. Gen. Charles Green, Air Force surgeon general, said the service has been successful at treating airmen with post-traumatic-stress disorder such that the vast majority of them are able to resume their duties. “The reality is, of those diagnosed with...

Brig. Gen. Rumen Radev, deputy commander of the Bulgarian air force, led a delegation to Laughlin AFB, Tex., to tour the base’s pilot training program. “Our trip to Laughlin helped us realize why you have such a great Air Force,”...