Retired Navy Vice Adm. Arthur K. Cebrowski, 63, the first head of the Pentagon’s Office of Transformation died Nov. 12 in Bethesda, Md., from cancer. A Naval aviator, Cebrowski was president of the Naval War College from 1998 to 2001, then Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld selected him to lead the department’s transformation efforts.
Air Force senior statesmen explained the reasons they jointly sent a letter to Congress urging restoration of the E-7 Wedgetail and more F-35s to the fiscal 2026 defense budget.