WASHINGTON — The US Air Force wants to buy 100 Long Range Strike-Bombers, Secretary Deborah Lee James said today, a figure at the high end of the 80-to-100-aircraft purchase the service predicted…
WASHINGTON — The US Air Force is looking for allies on the Hill to rework a major C-130 upgrade program, while warning that it may look to cut entire fleets…
The US Air Force’s programme executive officer for tankers is cautiously optimistic that Boeing can deliver its first 18 operational KC-46A Pegasus aircraft by August 20…
WASHINGTON — The US Air Force has released the next piece of its long-term strategic planning restructure, one which begins to deliver benchmarks for how the service will grow in…
WASHINGTON — The US Air Force is launching a wave of new initiatives aimed at bringing down the cost and time associated with acquiring new technologies, service secretary Deborah Lee…
The US Air Force is in the final phase of discussion before awarding a contract for the next-generation bomber, and expects an announcement very soon. “We’re in the final closing…
NATIONAL HARBOR Md. — If the Pentagon is forced to operate for a long time under a continuing resolution, it could lead the US Air Force to break its contract with Boeing…
As the secretary of the air force has put it many times, the US military is on the losing side of the cost curve – with few aircraft coming in,…
WASHINGTON — Whoever wins the right to produce the Air force's next-generation bomber should expect to receive a cost-plus contract, the service's top acquisition official told a congressional hearing Wednesday….
WASHINGTON — The US Air Force is trying to work out a compromise with Congress to retire a percentage of the A-10 fleet in order to move maintainers to the F-35…