Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz has assigned Maj. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, KC-46 program executive officer since June 2009, to be deputy director of the F-35 strike fighter program office in Arlington, Va., announced the Pentagon. Assigned to take Bogdan’s place is Maj. Gen. John Thompson, according to the Pentagon’s May 11 release. Thompson has been the F-35 program office’s deputy director since September 2011. The KC-46 program office is located at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
House, Senate Unveil Competing Proposals for 2026 Budget
July 11, 2025
Lawmakers from the House and Senate laid out competing versions of the annual defense policy bill on July 11, with vastly different potential outcomes for some of the Air Force’s most embattled programs.