Air Combat Command Vice Commander Maj. Gen. James Post was relieved of his position after an Air Force Inspector General investigation found he attempted to restrict airmen from communicating with Congress, ACC announced on April 10. The IG investigation spurred...

The cost of the KC-46 program is down about 5.4 percent over the last four years, but a production decision has been pushed from August to October, the Government Accountability Office said April 9. In an annually required tanker report...

The Pentagon’s new effort to improve the defense acquisition system will focus on enabling programs to respond quicker to technological advances and changes in the threat, an idea already being applied to the F-35 program and one that will be...

Proposed changes to the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex near Fairbanks would open two exercise areas to low altitude training as low as 500 feet, according to officials at Eielson AFB, Alaska. “This will allow relevant training for pilots who...

A new mechanized materials system is now operational at Yokota AB, Japan, giving the mobility hub more capacity and speed to process cargo operations in theater, according to a Pacific Air Forces release. The $32 million system replaces an older...

Officials at 25th Air Force recently announced the completion of a new operations center at the numbered air force’s headquarters at JBSA-Lackland, Texas, following an extensive renovation. The new center integrates and synchronizes 25th AF’s intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and electronic...

Australia’s government announced the purchase of two additional C-17 Globemaster IIIs as part of a $700 million foreign military sales deal. “The two additional C-17s will provide vital heavy airlift support to a range of regional and global coalition operations...