The Air Force Office of Special Investigations recently activated its first-ever Office of Procurement Fraud to consolidate and bolster its counter-fraud efforts. The office is located at JB Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., according to OSI’s Nov. 20 release. “We have consolidated our procurement fraud mission under one centralized command-and-control element, here at Joint Base Bolling-Anacostia, in order to better streamline the investigative process from beginning to end,” said Brig. Gen. Kevin Jacobsen, OSI commander. The office “offers the Air Force a better means of ensuring sustainment of our existing fleet and facilities as well as proper acquisition of new equipment,” said Jacobson during the Oct. 17 activation ceremony. Since 2001, OSI fraud investigators have recovered nearly $1.9 billion for the Air Force, states the release. (Quantico report by James C. Dillard)
The Air Force is placing Air Combat Command in charge of teaching combat tactics to fighter and remotely-piloted aircraft units, according to a May 12 announcement. Beginning this summer, the service will reassign the formal training units for the F-35, F-16, and MQ-9 from Air Education and Training Command to…