Pentagon Plots Appeal on NSPS Labor Decision: DOD officials say they will work with the Justice Department to appeal the decision by US District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan that faulted the collective bargaining provision, among other things, in the new National Security Personnel System. A Pentagon spokesman did not reveal the basis for the appeal.
The crash of a T-38 trainer jet this May—which caused a weekslong pause in flights across the fleet—was caused by an improperly installed pin for one of the jet’s horizontal stabilizers, according to a new accident report released Oct. 30. When the pin disengaged midflight, it created the slightest amount…