Daily Report

March 14, 2017

DOD IG Blasts JSTARS Sustainment Contract Work

The Air Force overpaid in contracts for E-8C JSTARS sustainment and did not meet aircraft availability metrics needed for aircraft operators to meet their mission requirements from 2011 to 2015, according to a Defense Department Inspector General report released Monday....

FMS Program Reaches Sortie Milestone at Luke

Students and instructor pilots in the F-35 Foreign Military Sales program completed their 100th sortie last week at Luke AFB, Ariz. Maj. Michael Hobson, assistant director of operations, flew the milestone mission for the 944th Operations Group Det. Two, which...

Lockheed Gets THAAD Support Contract

Lockheed Martin on Friday received more than $14.2 million for support for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile systems, including theater support as a new deployment on the Korean peninsula starts. The contract modification, announced Friday, increases funding from an...

Boeing Contracts to Sustain Slam Eagles

Boeing announced Monday it has received a five-year contract extension to sustain the Republic of Korea Air Force’s fleet of F-15K Slam Eagles. “This approach guarantees materials and technical support required for aircraft maintenance over many years while managing costs,”...