Air Force Reserve Command head, Lt. Gen. John Bradley told attendees Tuesday at AFA’s Air & Space Conference that he prefers to call the Air Force’s personnel reduction “forced” shaping, instead of the service-preferred “force shaping.” Bradley explained, “We’re being forced to do some shaping.” Bradley said that AFRC’s share of the 40,000-personnel cut amounts to 7,744 people. He expects to take about one-third from restructuring medical forces, focusing on fulfilling aeromedical evacuation missions rather than backfilling active duty medical personnel when they deploy. AFRC already provides about 60 percent of USAF’s aeromed element. Other cuts will come from the ranks of individual mobilization augmentees and Reservists in geographically separated units. It boils down to keeping the ones that are “most dear,” when it comes to GSUs and stand alone IMAs, said Bradley. Noting the valuable service performed by the IMAs, he said that the IMA cuts would be spread horizontally across the commands. “So, we think we’ve done a balanced approach” Bradley concluded.
Boeing Claims Progress on T-7 and Other Challenged Programs
April 25, 2025
Boeing appears to have become to overcome the problems that led to billions in losses on fixed-price defense contracts in recent years, point the company back toward profitabily, says Boeing president and CEO Kelly Ortberg.