Air Mobility Command officials say they’ve “moved forward aggressively” with the command’s environmental restoration program, saving an estimated $500,000 by bundling 41 cleanup sites at seven bases. Covering the AMC east region—comprising 22 sites at Charleston AFB, S.C., MacDill AFB, Fla., and Pope AFB, N.C.—is TolTest, Inc., of Ohio. Another Ohio firm, Environmental Quality Management, Inc., will cover the west region—19 sites at Fairchild AFB, Wash., Grand Forks AFB, N.D., McConnell AFB, Kan., and Travis AFB, Calif. Overseeing these contractors and handling the necessary regulatory reporting will be Earth Tech, Inc., of California, for the east region and CH2M Hill, Inc., of Colorado for the west. Officials say AMC is the first USAF command to split the engineering oversight function from the site remediation service work.
The rate of building B-21 bombers would speed up if the fiscal 2026 defense budget passes. But it remains unclear how much capacity would be added, and whether the Air Force would simply build the bombers faster, or buy more.
