A bipartisan trio of senators urged the likely next National Guard boss on Sept. 12 to hold off on proposed staff cuts to Air National Guard bases in their states, arguing their missions should shield them from top-down attempts to downsize.
Nearly a month ago, the Senate Armed Services Committee finished its markup of the 2025 National Defense Authorization bill, blowing past budget caps by some $25 billion. On July 8, the panel’s top lawmakers filed their bill and revealed funding tables detailing exactly how they would ...
Former Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), who chaired the Senate Armed Services Committee for four years, died July 9 at age 89. He was the 2022 recipient of AFA's highest civilian honor, the Stuart Symington Award.
The Senate Armed Services Committee finished its markup of the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization bill on June 14, with mandates on more than a dozen aircraft or related programs and a keen interest in the future of the Air Force fighter fleet.
The ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee offered a set of sweeping proposals for what he called a “generational investment” in the U.S. military—including hundreds of new fighter jets, bombers, and drones for the Air Force over the next several years.
The leading lawmaker on the House Armed Services Committee is proposing significant changes to the Air Force’s plans for its F-15 fleet, preventing the service from cutting 26 F-15E Strike Eagles and adding money for more F-15EX Eagles IIs in 2026, according to a draft ...
Testing of the B-21 bomber and AGM-181 nuclear cruise missile is going well, and some “key” developments with the Raider are expected later this year, Air Force acquisition executive Andrew P. Hunter told a Senate committee on May 8.
Resilient position, navigation, and timing capability and command, control and communications (C3) battle management for moving target indication will be funded with new authority circumventing the traditional lengthy budget process, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall told Congress April 16.
The Air Force hasn't asked for more than 100 B-21s because it won't get there for at least a decade and something better may be developed first, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin told the Senate Armed Services Committee April 16.
Navy Adm. Samuel J. Paparo Jr., nominated to lead U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, emphasized the need to improve the command’s logistics—including its aerial refueling plans—during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Feb. 1.
Melissa G. Dalton, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be undersecretary of the Air Force, faced tough questions from Republican lawmakers on the Senate Armed Services Committee during her confirmation hearing Jan. 23. Dalton emphasized the Air Force's pivotal role in great power competition with the ...
Nominated to become the 23rd Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. David W. Allvin answered roughly two hours of questions from lawmakers on Sept. 12 as part of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. While Allvin, currently...