Air Force
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The Pentagon’s inspector general has begun its formal review of the military services’ procedures for sending criminal record information to the FBI.
November 14, 2017 -
Lawmakers are authorizing a budget nearly $80 billion above the sequestration caps.
November 08, 2017 -
The Air Force wants even more retired pilots to get back into the cockpit.
October 23, 2017 -
Other Transaction Authority contracts are gaining popularity in the Pentagon and military services.
October 19, 2017 -
The Air Force is creating a blanket charter based on its RCO that will help acquisition programs move faster.
October 18, 2017 -
Cyber attacks travel at the speed of light and nothing the military has can keep up, least of all the acquisition process.
October 16, 2017 -
As space becomes more of a contested domain, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson says the Air Force needs to step up its game.
October 05, 2017 -
The Air Force's decision to consolidate base support functions has gone some way toward the goal of reducing headquarters staffs, but officials see its real value in gathering enterprise-level information.
October 04, 2017 -
In today's Federal Newscast, after the Trump administration sent up 27 new nominations, it announced it was withdrawing two previous ones.
October 03, 2017 -
The Air Force wants retirees to take over some aviation related positions in the service.
October 02, 2017 -
The Defense Department is making some changes to meet its readiness challenges, but it needs more support from Congress and civilian government.
September 29, 2017 -
Federal News Radio got a lift in the MH-139, a helicopter Boeing wants to replace the Bell UH-1N Twin Huey.
September 25, 2017 -
The Air Force is still playing catch up in its pilot pipeline despite adding incentive benefits.
September 21, 2017 -
The contract, worth $1 billion over five years, goes to Dell, General Dynamics and Microsoft to run an Air Force implementation of Microsoft's Office 365.
September 21, 2017 -
The Air Force chief of staff says he's giving local commanders more discretion on crew resting periods. The broader point, he says, is to give wings and squadrons authority to run their missions without interference from headquarters.
September 20, 2017
