Boeing may be bowing out of the competition to build the next intercontinental ballistic missile, but the work it has accomplished so far could get new life under other programs. The defense giant revealed its concerns with the Air Force's Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent program over ...
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The Air Force aims to split $30 billion in savings from accelerating the retirement of legacy assets in four “bins,” according to Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, who offered the most detailed picture yet of investment initiatives coming in the 2021 budget request. Savings ...
Air Force Global Strike Command needs to beef up its planning and advocacy for its future intercontinental ballistic missile and long-range bomber if it wants to successfully modernize its enterprise in an era of financial and technological challenges, the nonprofit research organization RAND Corp. said ...
Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett speaks during her ceremonial swearing in as the 25th secretary of the Air Force at the US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo., Nov. 2, 2019. Air Force photo by Wayne Clark. Newly...
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Lawmakers are trying to compromise on a fiscal 2020 defense policy bill as a new, slimmed-down version offers a fallback option. Architect of the Capitol photo via Twitter. A slimmed-down version of the fiscal 2020 defense policy bill recently introduced...
DOD officials on Oct. 30 provided more information about the Oct. 26 raid that led to the death of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, including this photo of the compound before the raid. DOD photo. The top US...
An aircrew from the 165th Airlift Squadron flies over the skies of Normandy, France, aboard a Kentucky Air National Guard C-130 on June 4, 2019. Air National Guard photo by Phil Speck. Air Mobility Command is expanding how it trains...
