If the Air Force is compelled to make vertical cuts to live within a continuing budget sequester—such as taking out the whole A-10 or B-1 fleet, for example—Air Force Materiel Command won’t simply get rid of everyone currently working on the affected platform. Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, head of AFMC, told the Daily Report on Monday that the command “will try to do a balanced” reduction, preserving the right mix of experienced—and less experienced—people across the AFMC enterprise, if a reduction in force is necessary. That would mean moving some people on a retired platform to other projects; but it also means some people working on other programs might lose their billets, she said. She spoke to the Daily Report after her speech at AFA’s Air and Space Conference in National Harbor, Md.
Navy CCA Program’s Shape Coming into Focus
Oct. 17, 2025
In announcing its Navy Collaborative Combat Aircraft contract, General Atomics has provided some clues as to where the service is heading with its version of an armed, autonomous fighter escort. It will likely be quite different from the Air Force version.
