Druyun “Hurried” KC-135 Depot Maintenance Contract: The DOD Inspector General has released another of its reviews of Air Force contracts “handled” by Darleen Druyun, and this one also shows that she favored Boeing. (Read about three earlier reports here.) According to the IG audit, while Druyun was still a top Air Force acquisition official, her “influence hurried the outcome” of a KC-135 depot maintenance contract adjustment and restructuring, causing the service to “ignore information” from the Defense Contract Audit Agency that might have “reduced the program by $4.5 million.
B-52 Stratofortress bombers marked a new first in Operation Epic Fury when some of the BUFFs flew over Iran carrying JDAM-guided gravity bombs, according to people familiar with the matter. The development signals a weakening of Iranian air defenses and a new use for the venerable bomber in the nearly…