Eric Fanning takes office as Undersecretary of the Air Force, a position that had been vacant since June 2012. The previous USECAF, Erin Conaton, had already taken a new post as Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
When the Air Force sets a new program baseline for the B-52 re-engining this fall, there will be “some” cost increase, because the project wasn't previously fully funded, and the Air Force has a better handle on actual supplier costs and knowledge from ground testing, program officials said.