The Air Force hasn’t specifically identified all 22 of the “least capable” C-5A transports that it would retire from the fleet if Congress grants the service’s request, says Maj. Gen. Susan Desjardins, Air Mobility Command’s strategic plans director. “Not all of them have we identified by specific tail number, but we’ve looked at the bad performers, if you will,” she said Tuesday during a Senate hearing on strategic airlift. Should the Congress lift the standing prohibition on C-5 retirements, the Air Force has said it would phase out 22 C-5As over the next two fiscal years in order to shed excess strategic airlift capacity. Whether they could realistically be returned to service at some later point “would depend on the kind of storage or retirement status we would put them in,” explained Desjardins, when asked. (Desjardins prepared remarks) (More hearing coverage: USAF Official Makes Case for C-5A Retirements and Read Our Lips, No More C-17s.)
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…
