“I believe we do not have enough intel players,” Air Force Chief of Staff Moseley told attendees at the AEI conference. Apart from simply increasing the number of intelligence personnel, Moseley said that he wants to target additions across the active, reserve, and civilian force. He said he also has set up a group to examine whether current intel specialists “have the right skill sets” for the kinds of missions USAF needs doing.
The Air Force on March 12 awarded contract modifications worth a combined $2.4 billion to Boeing to procure an undisclosed number of E-7 Wedgetail as part of the program's engineering and manufacturing development phase and continue work on the airborne battle management aircraft’s radar.