Air Combat Command chief Gen. Ronald Keys and 1st Fighter Wing’s Brig. Gen. Burton Field plan to announce Thursday at Langley AFB, Va., that the F-22 Raptor is cleared for initial operational capability.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office calls for the Pentagon’s Chief Technology Officer to have budget certification authority over the military services’ research and development accounts—a move the services say would add a burdensome and unnecessary layer of bureaucracy.
