Thornberry said the Uni?ted States is being threatened by a range of Russian capabilities
National Security
The Air Force's limited and stressed fleet of tactical airlifters means US Transportation Command has had to increase the number of private contractor flights, the head of TRANSCOM told lawmakers on Thursday.
Air Education and Training Command has lost more than 11,000 training sorties since the T-6 fleet was grounded on Feb. 1.
The budget move is part of an Air Force space budget that is eight percent higher than the proposal for Fiscal 2018 |
President Trump on Monday unveiled his first national security strategy, an “America first” approach that focuses on modernizing the US military, promoting US interests, and countering China’s and Russia’s attempts to revise the world order.
Partnerships with allies, industry, other US military services, and the intelligence community are working to make “our space capabilities and our space warfighters … the envy of the world,” Gen. Jay Raymond, commander of Air Force Space Command, said.
US government officials from the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Defense told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday they are preparing measures to protect upcoming US elections from cyber attack.
The federal government has made important strides toward improving cyber defenses, US government officials told the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday, but the federal government remains unprepared for a significant cyber attack on the nation.
The Air Force is trying to accept more risk at all levels, but it will take some time to prove to the acquisition corps that individuals won’t be punished for reasonably trying new things and not succeeding.