Air Force

Photos of the amazing, moving, important and amusing things happening in the defense community.

TRICARE beneficiaries now have until the end of the year to change their health plan.

In today’s Federal Newscast, Senate Democrats said more than 300,000 federal employees will be furloughed if Congress can’t come to a deal on seven remaining appropriation bills.

The Air Force is using machine learning through a pilot program to reduce unscheduled maintenance by as much as a third, while the Army Research Lab cautions against falling prey to “snake oil” pitches on artificial intelligence.

In today’s Federal Newscast, Customs and Border Protection issues Accenture a partial stop work order to pause its nearly 300 million dollar contract to hire more border patrol agents.

The Air Force believes its new streamlined ATO process will not only get systems online faster, it will deliver better security.

In today’s Federal Newscast, Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD) is asking the Office of Special Counsel to rescind its recent memo prohibiting certain speech such as resist or impeachment.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Defense Department’s Inspector General says the Air Force missed certain steps that could have prevented last year’s mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

The Defense Department will consolidate the 28 agencies of the fourth estate’s networks into just two. Currently, they serve on 34 different networks.

The Air Force believes it’s proved the value of agile software development via its Kessel Run project. The next task is to spread it across the service.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Justice Department said Sgt. Ikaika Kang provided sensitive military documents and military equipment to who he thought were members of ISIS.

The Defense Department honored its annual list of team and individual winners at the CIO Awards for achievement in areas such as IT, cybersecurity and electronic records management.

The military services are thinking about sending troops to different areas depending on deployability status.

Members of the military who joined before Jan. 1, 2018, only have until the end of the year to join the blended retirement system.