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Leaders issue risk management message

The Air Force’s top leaders have issued a service-wide message discussing  environmental, safety, occupational health, or ESOH, risk management for Airmen to recognize and take action in their workplace. “The Air Force ESOH vision is to be a world leader in environmental, safety, … Continue reading

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Guardsmen, senators rip Air Force C-130 plan

Guardsmen and lawmakers are up in arms over an Air Force plan to cut 21 C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Air National Guard’s inventory in fiscal 2011. The Air Force’s budget calls for 12 C-130s to be transferred from several … Continue reading

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DoD: F-35 costs rise at least 50 percent

The F-35 Lightning II strike fighter program will breach the Nunn-McCurdy limits with a cost growth of more than 50 percent from the original 2001 program baseline, said a top Pentagon program evaluator. Christine Fox, director of the Defense Department’s … Continue reading

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DoD: F-35 costs rise at least 50 percent

The F-35 Lightning II strike fighter program will breach the Nunn-McCurdy limits with a cost growth of more than 50 percent from the original 2001 program baseline, said a top Pentagon program evaluator. Christine Fox, director of the Defense Department’s … Continue reading

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DoD Memo Formalizes F-35 Program Overhaul

The Pentagon’s top weapons buyer late last week formalized the restructuring to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, extending the plane’s test phase to 2015 and delaying the start of its full production by 13 months to November of that … Continue reading

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Final tanker RFP retains much of draft language

Senior defense officials told lawmakers Wednesday they will keep the scheme proposed in September to evaluate industry bids for a 179-plane, $35 billion aerial tanker contract, while adding that they have made hundreds of changes to the requirements and contract … Continue reading

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AF officials to brief Congress on tanker RFP

The Air Force will unveil to lawmakers Wednesday the final version of its request for proposals for the $35 billion KC-X tanker competition, top service officials said Tuesday. “We’ll be prepared, actually [Wednesday], to roll out the RFP,” Air Force … Continue reading

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Mid-Atlantic bases brace for more snow

The Air Force braced for another dose of winter weather at its mid-Atlantic bases Tuesday, expecting another 10 inches to 17 inches of snow on top of the two feet dumped on the region over the weekend.In Washington, the Pentagon … Continue reading

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Officials extend UAV jobs freeze

Airmen operating unmanned aerial vehicles had better get comfortable — they will be staying put until at least Sept. 30, 2011.The freeze on UAV operators, which began in fall 2007, was extended Oct. 16 by Air Force Secretary Michael Donley … Continue reading

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Donley admonishes former Chief of Staff Moseley

Air Force Secretary Michael Donley has issued a letter of admonishment to former Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley for receiving gifts and socializing with company officials bidding for an Air Force contract.Donley disciplined the retired four-star general on … Continue reading

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