Daily Report

April 13, 2017

Air Force Chief Begs Congress for a Budget

The impact of a year-long Fiscal 2017 continuing resolution on the Air Force would be “a $2.8 billion bill,” the service’s Chief of Staff David Goldfein said Wednesday. Because the service would refuse to “break faith” with congressionally mandated military...

USAF Authorizes F-16 Life Extension

The Air Force is contracting with Lockheed Martin to extend the service life of the F-16 fleet, as it begins to grapple with the decision to possibly retire the F-15C in favor of the Viper for certain missions. Lockheed announced...

The A-10 Operations Tempo Against ISIS

The Air Force units deployed to fight ISIS have set records, and expended thousands of munitions at an extremely high rate, the service’s head of operations said Wednesday. To highlight the intense operational tempo, Lt. Gen. Mark Nowland, the deputy...

CyberPatriot Announces National Champions

The Air Force Association announced the winners of the CyberPatriot IX National Finals Competition, held earlier this month in Baltimore. North Hollywood, Calif., High School’s team “Togo” won the national championship in the Open Division, as well as the Leidos...