Air Force civilian employee William Machingo received the DOD Small Business Program Manager of the Year award for his work while he was chief of an Air Force Plant 42 Integrated Product Team at Palmdale, Calif. Machingo now serves as the structural retrofit program manager for F-22 modifications and heavy maintenance at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
The Air Force is planning to spend $2.19 billion over the next five years to acquire new C-37 jets for transporting military and civilian leaders. That’s on top of another $1.17 billion in projected funding for the VC-25B “Air Force One” replacement.