The services and industry need to take the Defense Department’s drive for efficiency seriously, warned Ash Carter, Pentagon acquisition czar. He told attendees at AFA’s Air & Space Conference on Wednesday that the drive to find $100 billion in savings is solely focused on having “growth in that part of the budget that really matters”—recapitalizing worn-out systems and providing new cutting-edge technologies. The alternative, he said, is “broken and canceled programs” and “erosion of the taxpayer’s confidence” in DOD’s capacity to spend tax dollars wisely, which is “not good for us.”
B-1 Bomber Task Force Deploys to Japan
Oct. 18, 2025
A quartet of B-1Bs from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas have landed at Misawa AB, Japan, likely for a series of exercises with Japanese, U.S. and Australian forces.
