Alabama Aircraft Industries Inc. has decided not to place too much stock in the Government Accountability Office’s recent rejection of its protest over the Air Force’s KC-135 depot maintenance contract award to Boeing. Instead, AAII (formerly Pemco) plans to file a lawsuit in federal claims court. GAO first sustained a portion of AAI’s protest issues, but in its most recent ruling (June 13) side with USAF, prompting the service to lift its stop work order. In a June 26 release, AAII states it is the company’s “firm belief” that “if proposals were evaluated fully and reasonably, it would be selected” for this contract, valued at some $1 billion. Using similar language to what Boeing has used in its protest of the KC-X award to rival Northrop Grumman-EADS, AAII President Ron Aramini said, “We believe that the Air Force’s award of the KC-135 maintenance contract to Boeing is significantly flawed.”
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…
