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TRANSCOM head gives thumbs up for US Air Force to begin divesting KC-135s 4 hours ago U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Munoz refuels a KC-135 Stratotanker with a force system at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia on Feb. 13, 2020. (Staff Sgt. Alexandria Brun/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — The head of U.S. Transportation Command signaled Tuesday he is ready to support Air Force plans to start retiring some KC-135 aerial refueling tankers. Last year, after the Air Force requested the authority to retire 13 KC-135s in fiscal 2021, TRANSCOM commander Gen. Stephen Lyons pushed back, arguing t...

By   Theresa Hitchens on May 19, 2021 at 3:41 PM KC-46 on Boeing factory floor WASHINGTON: A key House Armed Services Committee member yesterday vowed to use the 2022 defense authorization to address the Air Force’s “embarrassing” contract with Boeing for the troubled KC-46 tanker — as the head of Transportation Command suggested Pegasus fielding may face yet more delay. “In my estimation, the overall procurement of this ‘ commercial’ aircraft, and the penalty built into the contract requiring minimum orders of deficient airplanes, is at best procurement malpractice, or at wo...

Is Marxism undermining the US military? Jamie McIntyre © Provided by Washington Examiner DOD header 2020 DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION? OR MARXIST INDOCTRINATION: The decision to relieve a junior Space Force commander of his responsibilities at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, is fueling growing debate about whether Marxist ideology is poisoning the apolitical tradition of the U.S. military. In an interview on the Steve Gruber Show podcast, Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier said, “Since taking command as a commander about 10 months ago, I saw what I consider fundamentally incompatibl...

This week in Congress: More questions about the Afghanistan drawdown 17 hours ago U.S. special operations service members conduct combat operations in support of Operation Resolute Support in Southeast Afghanistan in April 2019. (Sgt. Jaerett Engeseth/Army) Congress’ review of the military withdrawal from Afghanistan continues this week with a series of hearings on the topic featuring Defense and State Department officials. On Thursday, David Helvey, acting assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs, will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the ...

U.S. Transportation Command is preparing a proof of principle for a cyber compliance program in preparation for broad adoption of CMMC.