Richard Lombardi, the Air Force’s principal deputy assistant secretary for acquisition and logistics, has been reassigned to a post outside the acquisition portfolio, the service announced late Thursday. Lombardi notified Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James on Feb. 3 that...
Because the Air Force has opted to slow the A-10 attack jet’s phased retirement, it will buy contractor logistics support for a number of other legacy platforms in order to shift some seasoned maintainers to the F-35 program. That could...
To fill the ranks of F-35 maintainers, the Air Force will draw 1,100 airmen from the A-10, F-16, and C-130 fleets, the service said in a news release Friday. The positions will be back-filled by contractor personnel. Lt. Gen. John...
The Air Force’s share of the increase in the military’s European Reassurance Initiative will focus on new rotations of aircraft through the continent and more exercises for aircrews, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said Feb. 12 at an AFA-sponsored...
The Air Force intends—once again—to divest itself of the MQ-1 Predator and transition to an all-MQ-9 Reaper fleet of medium-altitude remotely piloted aircraft, Lt. Gen. Mike Holmes, the Air Force deputy chief of staff for plans and requirements, said Friday....
The Air Force is keeping mum on the “arsenal plane” concept teased by Defense Secretary Ashton Carter in a budget preview speech in early February. Carter said the concept, developed by the Strategic Capabilities Office, would rely on an “existing...
The Air Force’s Fiscal 2017 budget request calls for funding that was initially rejected by Congress in 2015 to replace radars on F-16s, starting with the jets tasked with protecting Washington, D.C. In March 2015, Air Forces Northern/1st Air Force...
The US nuclear deterrent will run aground in 2022, but there’s “still time” to have a national debate on whether the country needs to replace it on a one-for-one basis, the Air Force’s requirements and planning chief said Friday. Lt....
The first dual-hatted commander of US Transportation Command and Military Airlift Command, retired Gen. Duane Cassidy, died Feb. 8, the Air Force said. Cassidy was “a mobility pioneer” whose legacy will live on, said Air Mobility Command boss Gen. Carlton...
Though the SpaceX Falcon 9 upgrade was recently certified for use in national security space launches and the company is still able to be awarded NSS missions, the company has not yet earned “mission assurance return to flight” status following...
The Air Force Association is urging Congress to study the effects of a bill provision that would cut in half the housing allowance for the children of veterans using their parent’s GI Bill benefits. Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) wrote on...
