According to The Hill, the Pentagon’s effort to get the Air Force and Army to work together on a new light transport—recently dubbed the Joint Cargo Aircraft—is unraveling, at least from an Army standpoint. The Congressional newspaper notes that the Senate Armed Services Committee’s markup of the 2007 defense authorization bill cuts almost the entire amount the Army had requested for the program. Why? According to The Hill, the panel asked the Air Force, not the Army, about the program’s status. The cut appears to be causing consternation within the Army, which wants to field a JCA two years earlier than USAF—2008 vs. 2010. However, the Army might want to reconsider its JCA position. At least one veteran defense analyst believes it’s folly for either service to buying a light cargo aircraft, and he says Army officials really want the Air Force to buy more C-17s. Hmmmm.
New Air Force Safety Tool Forecasts Mishap Risk
March 10, 2026
When you check the weather forecast, it can tell you there’s a 40 percent chance of rain for the day based on the barometric pressure, the wind, the humidity, or any number of factors. A new Air Force Safety Center dashboard offers commanders the same kind of outlook, but for mishaps—a forecast that quantifies their units’ risk level based on dozens of…