The U.S. Air Force will set up a new directorate focused on space operations over the next two months as part of the reorganization of the service branchâs headquarters, the Air Force
MoreThe U.S. Air Force has pushed back to late spring of 2018 its expectation for Boeing to deliver the first KC-46 tanker aircraft citing delays in obtaining airworthiness certifications from the Federal Aviation Administration and
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Lt. Gen. Jerry Harris, deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and requirements at the U.S. Air Force, has told lawmakers that the service branch wants to have 165 aircraft in its future bomber
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Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson has said Congress should put an end to budget caps that impede the service branchâs efforts to build up readiness and update its aging aircraft fleet, Defense News
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The Defense Department‘s fiscal year 2018 budget request allocates approximately $4.8 billion for the European Reassurance Initiative, an increase of $1.4 billion from ERI funds in FY 2017, DoD News reported Thursday. Air Force Maj.
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Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, military deputy of the U.S. Air Forceâs acquisition office, has said Boeing has begun a schedule risk evaluation and will update the service branch by the first week of
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The Missile Defense Agency conducted an initial live-fire test Tuesday of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense platform component of the ballistic missile defense system. MDA said Tuesday a land-based interceptor that launched from Vandenberg Air Force
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U.S. Navy Vice Adm. David Lewis, former commander of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, has assumed leadership of the Defense Contract Management Agency. DCMA said Wednesday Lewis succeeded Air Force Lt. Gen. Wendy Masiello, who
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Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, military deputy of the U.S. Air Forceâs acquisition office, has said the service branchâs decision to award L3 Technologies a contract to perform systems integration work on the
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A fiscal 2018 spending plan released by the Trump administration does not provide retirement dates for the U.S. Air Force‘s A-10 Warthog and U-2 reconnaissance aircraft fleets, Defense News reported Tuesday. Defense News obtained budget
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