Dunford in Brussels for Afghanistan Talks

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Brussels Tuesday for a meeting of NATO’s military committee focused on the war in Afghanistan. Dunford will join defense chiefs from other NATO nations in a...

CBO: No Sequestration Yet

By Gideon Grudo
Federal government funding won’t be pommeled by sequestration at least until September, according to the Congressional Budget Office. In a report issued this month, the CBO estimated the current $1.7 trillion budget cap—amended by 2015’s Bipartisan Budget Act (upping the...

Air Force Special Operations Warfare Center Furls its Flag

Air Force Special Operations Command on May 10 inactivated the Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center, and activated in its place the storied 492nd Special Operations Wing. The wing, which oversees the Air Force Special Operations School, AFSOC flight...

USAF Seeks Seven-Year Contract to Cover Alaska Radar Site

The Air Force wants to continue its radar lookout post on the remote island of Shemya, Alaska. In April, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Strategic Warning and Surveillance Systems Division released a request for proposal to continue operations...

The Cost of Maintaining Aging Nuclear Facilities

A new report from the Congressional Research Service finds that spending authorizations for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) weapons activities increased by more than four percent in fiscal year 2017, with the largest increase coming in the maintenance fund....

Misawa Fighter Squadrons Relocate During Runway Repair

The closure of the runway at Misawa AB, Japan, for routine maintenance has forced two fighter squadrons from the 35th Fighter Wing to temporarily relocate. The 13th Fighter Squadron has moved to Eielson AFB, Alaska, and the 14th Fighter Squadron...

Correction

An entry in the May 16 Daily Report misstated the planned location of Leonardo’s T-X production facility. The company announced in March their plans to locate production at Moton Field, Ala., if it is awarded the contract for USAF’s next...