Last fall, USAF awarded a $1 billion depot maintenance contract for KC-135 tankers to Boeing, but losing competitor Alabama Aircraft Industries (formerly Pemco Aviation Group) says the Government Accountability Office has sustained at least part of its protest. According to various news reports, the GAO found that USAF did not properly evaluate cost/price for the Boeing proposal. GAO recommends a new evaluation. The Air Force has 60 days to decide whether to act on the recommendation.
NATO Scrambles Fighter in Newest Response to Russian Drones
Sept. 16, 2025
NATO scrambled its first fighter Sept. 13 under its new plan to bolster its defenses against Russian air incursions that was put into place after an array of Russian drones flew into Polish airspace last week, the officials from the alliance’s military command said.