The long-awaited Air Force Memorial, overlooking the Pentagon, is becoming reality, with the first of three gleaming steel spires completed Aug. 7. The first spire, at 201 feet, is the shortest. The tallest will reach 270 feet. Air Force Memorial Foundation officials said the tops of the remaining two spires go into place over the next two weeks.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office calls for the Pentagon’s Chief Technology Officer to have budget certification authority over the military services’ research and development accounts—a move the services say would add a burdensome and unnecessary layer of bureaucracy.
