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 Staff since 2009. She is a retired Air Force Reserve colonel who served in a variety of roles, including as an operational planner, electronic intelligence analyst, and programming officer. If confirmed, Disbrow would replace Jamie Morin who was nominated in September 2013 to be the Pentagon’s director of cost assessment and program evaluation. Obama also announced on Wednesday his intent to nominate Laura Junor to be principal deputy undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness. Junor currently serves as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for readiness.
B-21 Raider First Flight Now Postponed to 2023
May 20, 2022
The Air Force says the B-21 Raider won't make its first flight until 2023; about a six-month delay from the last official estimates. No reason was given for the delay. While other programs have recently chalked up schedule slips to supply chain and labor shortages, the Air Force has said…