Senior USAF general officers at an AFA Air & Space Conference panel discussion Wednesday were asked what they’d spend “one more dollar” on if they got a budget boost. Their answers ranged from new tankers now and more CV-22s at a faster pace to a modernized payload for nuclear-capable bombers and Reserve training money. On the other hand, two of the service’s senior uniformed officers said the question was wrong, because there simply are no additional dollars to be had. The responses—continue
The Air Force hit its goal of recruiting 32,750 Active-Duty enlisted Airmen in fiscal 2026 five months early, leaders said this week—already the biggest such number the service has reached in more than two decades.