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Hill Unveils New Runway for F-35 Operations

Nov. 15, 2019 | By Brian W. Everstine
The Air Force’s biggest F-35 operating base recently unveiled its new $45 million runway, bringing to a close a nine-month project that sent the base’s F-35s to other locations across the world. While construction was underway, Hill sent its F-35s to Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, ...

How Boeing Could Repurpose Years of Work on GBSD

Nov. 6, 2019 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Boeing may be bowing out of the competition to build the next intercontinental ballistic missile, but the work it has accomplished so far could get new life under other programs. The defense giant revealed its concerns with the Air Force's Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent program over ...

Here’s How USAF Aims to Spend $30 Billion in Legacy Savings

Nov. 6, 2019 | By Tobias Naegele
The Air Force aims to split $30 billion in savings from accelerating the retirement of legacy assets in four “bins,” according to Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, who offered the most detailed picture yet of investment initiatives coming in the 2021 budget request. Savings ...