Air Force Secretary Deborah James said Wednesday she expects a key finding of the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force’s report, which will be released today, to be a larger USAF role for the reserve component. “There’s no doubt our Air Force will rely more, not less, on the Air National Guard and Reserve,” James said at an AFA-sponsored, Air Force breakfast in Arlington, Va. She’s looking forward to the report, and said she expects it to complement and inform ideas presented at upcoming posture hearings. It will support her goals of “growing a capable Air Force for tomorrow’s challenges.” And it will help her and service leadership hash out “what it is the nation might ask us to do.” Although, the end result is already predictable, she said: “A smaller Air Force, highly capable, with cutting-edge technology.”
Pentagon Releases Cost of Living, BAH Rates for 2026
Dec. 30, 2025
The Pentagon will pay cost of living allowances to 127,000 service members in the continental U.S. in 2026, an increase of 66,000 members in 2025. Airmen and Guardians across the U.S. will also receive an average increase of 4.2 percent for their Basic Housing Allowance, compared to the 5.4 percent…
