If the law regarding homosexuals serving in the military is changed, “there is no doubt in my mind the Air Force will implement it professionally,” Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said Wednesday afternoon at the Four-Star Forum during AFA’s Air & Space Conference in Washington, D.C. The Air Force will figure out rules governing everything from billeting to “PDAs” [personal displays of affection], but Schwartz said there is “one bottom line: The standards of conduct do not change.”
The rate of building B-21 bombers would speed up if the fiscal 2026 defense budget passes. But it remains unclear how much capacity would be added, and whether the Air Force would simply build the bombers faster, or buy more.