Air Force Undersecretary Ronald Sega told Washington-based defense reporters that even though the Air Force plans to ensure it doesn’t push immature technology into production, it does want to pursue leading-edge technology. Sega says that the service’s research community must push “the frontiers harder,” and that inevitably means some technologies won’t succeed. He emphasized that no one should be “surprised” if some things don’t work out.
The Air Force adjusted its fiscal 2026 recruiting goal down by a few hundred enlisted Airmen due to higher-than-expected retention and the number of available training slots—but it is aiming high in fiscal 2027 with its biggest goal for the Active-Duty Air Force in nearly 25 years, and the Space…