The Air Force will not offer the 50-percent up-front option for all aviators and has no offerings for navigators in Fiscal 2006. Officials say that the 2006 aviator continuation pay program is only open to some 750 pilots and air battle managers. It all depends on availability of rated officers in specific year groups, they say. So what can the eligible pilots and ABMs expect? They can get a five-year, fixed agreement ACP at $25,000 for pilots and $15,000 for ABMs. Applications can be found here.
The cost of the nuclear AGM-181 Long-Range Stand Off missile has come down slightly and the program is on track, but several technologies it relies on are still considered immature, the Government Accountability Office found in a report. Meanwhile, the GAO also assessed the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile as…