Riding With the Prez:
For some airmen at Travis AFB, Calif., being members of the base’s mountain bike club brought an unexpected dividend—cycling with the President. The White House asked for four riders from the Travis Hawks to join President Bush on a bike ride through the Napa Valley. Capt. James Weinstein, founder of the club, said the White House staffer asked him to select “advanced” riders since the President is “aggressive biker.”
The Pentagon's research labs are ramping up their search for munitions that can be mass-produced—an effort likely to be buoyed by billions of dollars in the department's new fiscal 2027 budget request and tens of billions in the upcoming years. While the topline information shared about the President’s defense budget…