The Air Force is mulling whether to offer monetary and non-monetary inducements to airmen working in the nuclear career field, Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz, Air Force Global Strike Command boss, said Wednesday at AFA’s Air & Space Conference. “I know there are efforts underway within the missile community at this time to take a look at that,” he said in response to an audience question after his address. Klotz said one of the command’s “top priorities” will be “to ensure either through monetary or non-monetary incentives that those people who serve in the nuclear and global strike missions understand the importance of their contributions.” Continue
The first flight of the secretive B-21 bomber has slipped to mid-2022, but the program is moving along well, Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office director Randall Walden said in an exclusive interview. The second copy of the B-21, which will be used for structural testing, is now on the production…