Strategic Air Command’s first all-woman KC-135 crew, assigned to the 924th Air Refueling Squadron, Castle AFB, Calif., performs a five-hour training mission that includes a midair refueling of a B-52 bomber.
The Pentagon is counting on Congress to navigate a legislative tightrope and pass a party-line bill to fund nearly a quarter of its $1.5 trillion budget request for fiscal 2027, including billions of dollars for top priorities like Golden Dome, the F-35, munitions, and unmanned systems. Experts and lawmakers from…