So said new National Reconnaissance Office boss Bruce Carlson, retired Air Force four-star who last head Air Force Materiel Command, according to a DOD Buzz report. Speaking in San Antonio at the Geospatial Intelligence Foundation symposium this week, Carlson noted there have been “very costly and very significant failures” with reconnaissance spacecraft, but he said NRO’s performance over the past 18 months indicates that “we are going to turn the corner and we are going to deliver on time and on cost.” Earlier speakers noted that the US is losing the space race, but at least one other expressed the same optimism that the Air Force and NRO would overcome the plague of cost and schedule problems. (Also read GEOINT blog report)
Now Enlisted Airmen Can Stay in Uniform Longer
Dec. 8, 2023
The Air Force is extending the amount of time Airmen can spend at most enlisted ranks by two years, as the service looks to combat sluggish recruiting and balance its force structure. The High Year of Tenure (HYT) program sets limits on how long service members can spend in each grade…