OPM Cites Veteran Preference Edge in Hiring: The federal government hired more veterans in Fiscal 2004 than it did in 2003, according to the annual employment report issued recently by the Office of Personnel Management. The 2004 data shows that the Air Force is leading the way among federal executive departments. The report covers 2004, is dated December 2005, and was presented to Congress in January 2006. Go figure.
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…