Operations research analysts at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base have developed a scheduling tool that works to help forecast manpower and facilities required to maintain the F-22 Raptor fighter jet. The U.S. Air Force said Thursday research analysts collaborated with
MorePresident Barack Obama has nominated Air Force Maj. Gen. Steven Shepro, vice director of strategic plans and policy (J-5) for the Joint Staff, as deputy chairman of NATO’s military committee. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced in
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Service members from the 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing led the first off-station deployment exercise of seven Lockheed Martin-built F-35A Lightning II units that works to meet initial operational capability targets within
MoreU.S. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, U.S. Central Command leader, has visited an army base in Turkey and met with U.S. Marine Corps EA-6 Prowler Squadron representatives as part of the general’s five-country trip, DoD News reported Friday.
MoreThe House Armed Services Committee voted 60-2 Thursday to pass a $583 billion defense policy bill, Defense News reported Thursday. Joe Gould writes HASCâs version of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act would shift
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Gen. Mark Welsh, chief of staff for the U.S. Air Force, has called on lawmakers to either authorize a shift of maintainers to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter or grant funds to train additional
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The U.S. Air Force is mulling development of a close air support mission platform as Congress continues to block the military service’s efforts to retire aging A-10 Warthog planes, Defense News reported
MoreThe Government Accountability Office has questioned the U.S. Air Force‘s $4.2 billion estimate of cost savings associated with potential A-10 Warthog retirement or alternative programs. GSA said Thursday the A-10 saving estimation
MoreMaj. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, director of the U.S. Air Forceâs F-35 Integration Office, has said the branch needs more than 1,100 airmen to maintain F-35 fighter jets in order to achieve initial operating
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U.S. Air Force officials believe the military branch will not have enough airmen to maintain F-16s and F-35s if Congress keeps the A-10 Warthog program alive, Air Force Times reported Tuesday. Brian
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