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Defense Department Inspector General

Watchdog: Air Force is Tackling In-flight Physiological Issues But Can’t Fix Them All

Sept. 7, 2021 | By Greg Hadley
The Air Force is working to improve safety and reduce pilot physiological events in some of the aircraft most commonly cited for those issues, but the service can do only so much to reduce risk due to human error and the “hazards inherent to the ...

Air Force Did Not Effectively Oversee Development of KC-46 Refueling Boom, DOD IG Says

May 27, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
The Air Force didn’t effectively oversee the development of the KC-46’s refueling boom, leading to additional delays and costs and a lingering deficiency that prevents the tanker from refueling some USAF aircraft, according to a new Pentagon watchdog report. The Defense Department Inspector General, in ...

DODIG: Pandemic Made CENTCOM Base Security Investigation Impossible

Feb. 16, 2021 | By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory
The Defense Department Office of Inspector General is ending its analysis of U.S. Central Command’s ability to protect key assets under its purview from missiles and drones due to COVID-19-related travel rules, it announced in a partially redacted memo published Feb. 11. The pandemic’s persistence ...

House Committees Want Answers on F-35 Spare Parts, Sustainment

June 23, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
Members of one House committee are calling for an investigation into Lockheed Martin for its handling of F-35 spare parts, while another has crafted language in its markup of the 2021 defense policy bill calling for an assessment of the Joint Strike Fighter’s troubled sustainment ...

Inspector General Blasts USAF, AFRICOM for Niger Air Base Construction Effort

April 2, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
The Air Force and U.S. Africa Command skirted Congressional oversight, didn’t adequately complete a site survey, and didn’t meet safety requirements in building a new operating base in Niger, leading to extended delays, cost overruns, and possibly unsafe conditions for personnel at Air Base 201, ...
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