More on Gordon England’s new fighter review (DR, 8/15): The study is being carried out by Vienna, Va., consulting firm Whitney, Bradley, & Brown. And they are? Well, they are your typical Beltway Bandits. According to a corporate profile, WBB is a technical and management consultation firm with a staff of 150. Clients include DOD, DHS, NASA, and DOT. Annual revenue of $30 million. Oh, it’s also the firm that England used to help him slash Navy and Marine Corps fighter programs in the name of “integrating” the two. (More on their website located here.)
Trainees in Basic Military Training and technical school no longer have the option to try alternate PT drills if they fail an initial assessment, according to a policy change the Air Force made in April. The move is part of a larger shift out of the classroom and into hands-on,…