Adding to the list of upcoming Congressional oversight hearings on the Air Force’s KC-X tanker program, the House Armed Services air and land forces subcommittee yesterday announced plans to convene on July 10 in open session to discuss the issue. The scheduled witnesses are Pentagon acquisition boss John Young and Air Force acquisition executive Sue Payton as well as Gary Kepplinger, general counsel at the Government Accountability Office, and Michael Golden, GAO’s procurement law guru. In the wake of GAO’s ruling last month that upheld Boeing’s protest of USAF’s $35 billion KC-X tanker award to Northrop Grumman in February, lawmakers have been mobilizing to monitor developments more closely. Already the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has scheduled a tanker hearing on July 15.
F-15E Aviator Missing in Iran Rescued by US Forces
April 5, 2026
The second crew member of the F-15E shot down April 3 has been rescued from Iran. U.S. forces recovered the aviator alive and all American forces involved in the operation are believed to be safe, U.S. officials told Air & Space Forces Magazine.