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For DoD, new flexibility for IT spending is a test of trust with Congress

Early signs suggest Congress is ready to let DoD expand pilot programs that use colorless appropriations for IT, but not without limitations.

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(Senior Airman Roslyn Ward/U.S. Air Force via AP)U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon is aerial refueled by a KC-135 “Stratotanker” over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020 as part of an escort mission in support of the B-52 “Stratofortress” deployment. The United States flew strategic bombers over the Persian Gulf on Wednesday for the second time this month, a show of force meant to deter Iran from attacking American or allied targets in the Middle East. (Senior Airman Roslyn Ward/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Air Force training says airmen have a responsibility to report illegal extremist behavior

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‘We’re not going back,’ Air Force leadership says telework is here to stay

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Gen. Arnold Bunch Jr., center, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, initiates a discussion about diversity and inclusion with Arnold Engineering Development Complex senior leadership, July 8, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base. (Photo by Jill Pickett/Air Force)

Air Force’s top acquisition command plans for telework beyond COVID-19

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Air Force names three technologies for its futuristic vanguard program

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Air Force official stresses vitality of compromise between industry, government

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How one Air Force program aims to save $1 billion

The Air Force Materiel Command is trying to save up to $1 billion through a process called High Velocity Maintenance. Dr. Steve Butler, the executive director…

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Air Force makes history, pins first female four-star general

Janet Wolfenbarger will lead the Air Force
Materiel Command, which is a key organization for
current and future weapons systems. She promoted
the Air…

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Air Force adding new IT stovepipes every day, general says

The new leader of the Air Force\’s major information technology acquisition command said the service still is operating in a mode that lets individual programs design and build their own IT infrastructure.

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