By Emelie Rutherford The head of Air Combat Command (ACC) does not foresee resistance to a proposal to maintain more Air Force B-52s than previously intended to support a rotating nuclear-tasked squadron of the bombers. Gen. John Corley, ACC commander, met yesterday with Air Force leaders about dropping plans to maintain just 56 B-52s and instead keeping 76 aircraft in the current bomber fleet. The B-52 idea--touted on Capitol Hill earlier this month by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen.…
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Navy Looks To Eventually Assemble Battleship At HII Newport News; Faces More Dem Opposition
The Navy told lawmakers this week it found a dry dock at HII’s [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard it thinks can use for final assembly of the new Trump-class battleship […]
Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections
The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]
Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase
The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]
Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers
The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]