The Air Force is using its B-21 acquisition process as an example for future programs because of its confidence in its decision, one that was backed up in a heavily redacted Government Accountability Office decision released this week. The service...

Defense Secretary Ash Carter ordered the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to suspend its efforts to collect reimbursement from thousands of California National Guard members who received bonuses they were not entitled to years ago, he announced Wednesday. National Guard...

The Air National Guard should be able to assist the Air Force overcome its personnel shortages as long as the service provides predictable requests, National Guard Bureau chief Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel said Wednesday. The Air Force leadership has...

Gen. John Raymond assumed command of Air Force Space Command from Gen. John Hyten during a ceremony broadcast live on Facebook from Peterson AFB, Colo., Tuesday. Air Force Chief of Staff General David Goldfein called Raymond was “the obvious choice”...

Beginning in Fiscal 2018, the Air Force will have a dedicated $100 million budget focused just on experimentation, said Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, the service’s military deputy for acquisition. Speaking at an Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International event Wednesday...

While the Air Force has improved the cost and performance of its big acquisition programs, there are still schedule issues lingering across the process that must be addressed, the service’s top acquisition official said. Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, the military...

The Air National Guard wings that resisted transferring from fighter jets to remotely piloted aircraft have embraced the new, highly relevant mission, National Guard Bureau chief Gen. Joseph Lengyel said Wednesday. “I saw many former F-16 units go kicking and...

The fight to take Raqqa, Syria, from ISIS will require a smaller footprint from the coalition, which is welcoming any groups that can to commit to the mission and move “soon.” Army Lt. Gen Stephen Townsend, commander of Combined Joint...

When National Guard Bureau chief Gen. Joseph Lengyel looks back at his time as the senior US defense official in Cairo from June 2011 to August 2012, he sees how quickly the region has changed. In his role, he attended...

Northrop Grumman reported a three percent increase in sales for a total of $6.2 billion in its third-quarter earnings report released Wednesday. The company’s overall growth was led by a nine percent jump in aerospace sales on “higher volume” in...

Boeing reported $23.9 billion in sales during the third quarter of 2016, which marks an eight percent decline compared to 2015, according to the company’s third-quarter results released Wednesday. Boeing’s defense business saw a 10 percent decline in sales despite...

The Air Force announced the authorization of a new critical skills retention bonus (CSRB) program for certain remotely piloted aircraft pilots, in according to a release. Eligible pilots whose undergraduate RPA or flying training commitments are scheduled to end in...

With the upcoming issue, Air Force Magazine begins rolling out changes that will take effect over the next year. First, you will notice that this issue bears the cover date “November/December.” Here’s why: In 2017 we expect the magazine to...