VA Home Loan Ceiling Rises: Veterans Affairs raised the ceiling on no-down-payment home loans for veterans from $359,650 to $417,000, effective on Jan. 1. Officials say the new rate helps the VA “keep pace with rising home values.” You can get more information here.
The Air Force awarded a $13.08 billion contract to the Sierra Nevada Corporation on April 26 for its Survivable Airborne Operations Center aircraft, the successor to the service’s E-4B “Doomsday” plane. Like the E-4B, officially called the National Airborne Operations Center, the SAOC will be meant to withstand a nuclear attack and keep…