Maj. Gen. Michael Keltz has been tapped to lead 19th Air Force, which officially stood up on Oct. 1, after being inactivated in 2012. Keltz previously served as director of intelligence, operations, and nuclear integration at Air Education and Training Command Headquarters at JBSA-Randolph, Texas. In his new position, Keltz will oversee all formal aircrew flying training missions, which will now fall under the numbered air force. (Pentagon release.)
USAF to Cut F-35 Buy in Future Years Defense Plan
May 14, 2021
The Air Force wants to scale back buys of the F-35 over the next five years, hoping to get sustainment costs down and to wait for the more capable Block 4 version, according to talking points prepared for Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. The reduced buy will…