AMC Is Hauling in Helicopters and More: Air Mobility Command officials say command airlifters will be transporting 24 Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters to aid relief efforts in Pakistan. Stateside airlifters already have flown in contingency response airmen to set up bare-base airfield operations and some 200,000 pounds of supplies and equipment.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth vowed to undertake far-reaching reforms on the way the U.S. military buys weapons, promising a sweeping overhaul of the way the Defense Department determines requirements, handles the acquisition process, and tests its kit. The fundamental goal, which Hegseth underscored in a 1-hour and 10-minute speech…
