Eliminating the Reserves is not the Answer

The Air Force disagreed with just one of the 42 recommendations made by the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force, saying the elimination of Air Force Reserve Command would not reap the savings outlined by the commission,...

Long-Term Nuclear Modernization Funding Hurdles

Plans to modernize the nation’s nuclear warhead stockpile and nuclear triad delivery systems will begin to run into funding challenges in the next decade, the five members of the US Nuclear Weapons Council told Senate legislators on March 4. Frank...

New START, Russia, and Changing Doctrines

Senior Defense Department officials said Russia appears to be on a path to meet its New START obligations despite recent tensions over Ukraine, but it has changed its doctrine on the use of its massive stockpile of tactical nuclear weapons....

24th AF Boss Cites Value of CyberPatriot

Maj. Gen. Burke Wilson, commander of 24th Air Force, extolled the value of AFA’s CyberPatriot program during testimony before the House Armed Services emerging threats and capabilities panel on March 4, saying the program is helping students develop the skills...

Attacking Biological Agents

A technical team from the Air Force Research Laboratory successfully demonstrated that hot, humid air could decontaminate large pieces of equipment from biological agents during an Air Mobility Command-sponsored recent joint capability technology demonstration on a C-130. During the Jan....

Boeing Awarded Contract Modification for VC-25A AMP

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Tinker AFB, Okla., awarded Boeing Aerospace Operations a $52.8 million modification to a previously awarded contract for the avionics modernization program phase II for the VC-25A aircraft, commonly referred to as Air...

USPS Remembers Medal of Honor Recipients

The US Postal Service will dedicate the Vietnam War Medal of Honor prestige folio forever stamps during a ceremony at the Vietnam Wall on the National Mall May 25. The announcement comes in advance of the 50th anniversary of the...