Tyndall Air Force Base

F-35 Lightning II Aircraft assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing, Burlington Air National Guard Base, prepare for takeoff, April 13, 2022, in Burlington, Vt. The first overseas deployment of the Vermont Air National Guard's F-35 fighter jets will have the pilots and their aircraft patrolling the skies of Europe during one of the most tense periods in recent history. More than 200 Vermont air guard personnel, their equipment and eight F-35s are now in Europe. (Staff Sgt. Cameron Lewis/U.S. Air National Guard via AP)

Air Force awards largest ever military construction contract for F-35 facilities at Tyndall

The contract is part of a $4.9 billion rebuild of the base, which was destroyed in 2018.

Air Force

FILE - This Friday, March 17, 2019 file photo shows the main entrance to March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, Calif. Nearly 200 Americans evacuated from China because of the new virus are

Congress to probe how military bases fared during paralyzing winter storms

DoD Reporter's Notebook

National Guard

Already stressed National Guard preparing for more active than normal hurricane season

Defense

Government lost thousands of years’ worth of production during shutdown

Federal Newscast

Air Force/Jared Scott

AF Rescue Coordination ‘connects the dots’ for state emergency efforts

Federal Drive

Could more bases end up like Tyndall? GAO says yes if DoD doesn’t change

Defense

Bipartisan efforts to save nearly 1,000 Forest Service jobs are underway

Federal Newscast

New bill would let military service members sue Pentagon for medical malpractice

Federal Newscast

Air Force out of funds to repair Tyndall, stopping recovery for now

Air Force

DoD justifies climate change report, says response was mission-centric

Defense

Senators hope to eliminate federal retirement cuts from budget resolution

Federal Newscast

An F-35C Lightning II test aircraft approaches for a landing aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower of the coast of Norfolk, Va., Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. The aircraft is expected to be deployed with the Navy in 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Navy says F-35 is ready for action

In today’s Federal Newscast, more than 17 years after Pentagon’s most expensive weapons acquisition first started, the Navy said its version of the F-35…

Federal Newscast

Democrats scold DoD over incomplete climate change report

Top House Armed Services Committee Democrats think the Defense Department skimped on its climate change study last year.

Defense

ILE - In this July 22, 2018 file photo, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during a news conference at the G20 meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Treasury Department has issued new rules on foreign investments into American companies that will give the government more power to block foreign transactions on national security grounds. The rules represent the latest escalation in an intensifying economic conflict between the United States and China. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

New bill asks Treasury Dept. to offer furloughed feds interest free loans

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, Representative TJ Cox’s (D-CA) first introduced legislation in Congress is meant to ease the financial hardship furloughed federal employees are currently enduring.