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Air Force works to fill need for drone pilots
Drawn to the flashy drone strikes that have taken out terrorists including al-Qaida leader Anwar al- Awlaki in Yemen to the terror group's No. 2 strongman Abu Yahya al-Libi in Pakistan, airmen are beginning to target unmanned aircraft as their career of choice.
Tags: drone flights , pilots , DoD , technology
Air Force asks: How's the grub?
The Air Force wants to know what its airmen and civilian employees think of the food at installations and bases.
Tags: DoD Reports , DoD , workforce , food
Senator ends hold on Air Force chief nomination
The White House pick for Air Force chief of staff was confirmed by the Senate Thursday as members of Congress continued to press the service for answers about the widening sex scandal at a Texas air base.
Tags: John Cornyn , Congress , DoD , Norton Schwartz , Lackland Air Force base , SEA , DoD Report
Erik Fanning named new Air Force under secretary
The White House has named Erik Fanning as the new under secretary of the Air Force.
Tags: DoD , DoD Report , Erik Fanning , Navy
Arizona's Luke Air Force Base gets F-35 mission
The Department of Defense has chosen Luke Air Force Base in Glendale for the new pilot training center for the F-35 fighter jets, city officials announced Wednesday.
Tags: DoD , F-35 , F-16 , Luke Air Force Base , DoD Report
Budget-and-tax impasse threatens troops, economy
Tags: Congress , budget , tax cuts , DoD , Army , Navy , Marine Corps , Ashton Carter , Jeff Zients , Steny Hoyer , John Boehner
Retiring Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Schwartz talks F22 safety during final press conference
Outgoing Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz, who retires in August, spoke to reporters during his last press conference at the Pentagon about the challenges facing the branch amid tensions with Congress and new geo-politics that pose security threats.
Tags: Pentagon Solutions , In Depth , Pentagon , Norton Schwartz , Fighter Jets , F-22
Air Force swears in new vice chief of staff
Lt. Gen. Larry Spencer was pinned with his fourth star and was officially sworn in as the Air Force's vice chief of staff. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz did the honors during a Pentagon ceremony Friday. Spencer previously served as the director of force structure, resources and assessment with the Joint Staff.
Tags: Navy , DoD , DoD Report , Larry Spencer , Norton Schwartz , In Depth , Francis Rose
Joint Chiefs: Looming cuts would 'hollow' military
Tags: DoD , Leon Panetta , Congress , budget , Ray Odierno , Navy , Marine Corps , Harry Reid , Buck McKeon , DoD Report , sequestration
Military branches refine cyber roles
Two years after U.S. Cyber Command became operational, the military services that provide its cyber forces are beginning to more tightly define their respective responsibilities in the joint cyber environment. Gen. Keith Alexander issued a memo recently giving each of the services a lead cyber role for specific geographic areas of the world.
Tags: DoD , Congress , cybersecurity , Cyber Command , Keith Alexander , Army , Navy , Marine Corps , Rhett Hernandez , Suzanne Vautrinot , Michael Rogers , Mac Thornberry , Jared Serbu
