The Air Force Sustainment Center, one of the new set pieces of Air Force Materiel Command’s recent restructuring, will provide readiness for the Air Force at less cost, said Lt. Gen. Bruce Litchfield, the center’s commander. “We are going to be cost-effective and provide our nation the capability it needs,” he said during the annual “Tinker and the Primes” conference in Midwest City, Okla., on Aug. 17. Litchfield noted that some of the weapons systems that the center must sustain are more than 50 years old and some of them must stay in the force for another 30 years. Although his organization has no visibility on what the Air Force’s final Fiscal 2013 budget will be, he said, “we have to be ready” and “prepared for the future.” AFSC, headquartered at Tinker, includes units at Hill AFB, Utah, Robins AFB, Ga., and Scott AFB, Ill. (Tinker report by Mike W. Ray)
Pentagon Releases Cost of Living, BAH Rates for 2026
Dec. 30, 2025
The Pentagon will pay cost of living allowances to 127,000 service members in the continental U.S. in 2026, an increase of 66,000 members in 2025. Airmen and Guardians across the U.S. will also receive an average increase of 4.2 percent for their Basic Housing Allowance, compared to the 5.4 percent…
