The Air Force and other services still are helping support Hurricane Felix relief efforts in Nicaragua. Army and Navy helicopters attached to Joint Task Force-Bravo flew dozens of sorties during the weekend, conducting search and rescue missions and transporting essential aid. An Air Force C-130 transported some 25,000 pounds of USAID from Homestead ARB, Fla., to a Puerto Cabezas airfield last weekend.
House, Senate Unveil Competing Proposals for 2026 Budget
July 11, 2025
Lawmakers from the House and Senate laid out competing versions of the annual defense policy bill on July 11, with vastly different potential outcomes for some of the Air Force’s most embattled programs.