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DoD's budget reprogramming won't help with sequestration

Pentagon says it will use its limited budget flexibility to compensate for unexpected war costs, not to blunt sequestration. Services continue to warn Congress about how budget cuts are impacting readiness.

Tags: DoD , Congress , sequestration , Ashton Carter , Ray Odierno , Jared Serbu , Senate Appropriations Committee , House Appropriations Committee , budget

Thursday - 05/09/2013, 03:30am EDT

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Air Force Secretary Donley to step down

Air Force Secretary Michael Donley will step down in June after nearly five years on the job, the Air Force announced Friday. Donley's last day with the service will be June 21.

Tags: Air Force , people

Friday - 04/26/2013, 03:44pm EDT

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Air Force officer defends decision to overturn sexual-assault verdict

The Air Force commander who overturned a jury's guilty verdict in a sexual assault case -- enraging members of Congress and prompting talk of military justice reform -- explained his case in a letter to a top Pentagon official, saying he found the accused officer and his wife more believable than the alleged victim.

Tags: DoD , Air Force , Craig Franklin , James Wilkerson

Thursday - 04/11/2013, 01:20pm EDT

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Hagel to review Air Force sexual assault case

Tags: DoD , Chuck Hagel , Claire McCaskill

Tuesday - 03/12/2013, 03:10am EDT

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Air Force's sequestration hit would mean less of everything

Air Force commanders will get orders in the next few days to plan for the possibility of fewer flying hours, providing fewer office supplies and working on fewer IT upgrades. Part of the service's planning will be to figure out how many civilian workers would need to be furloughed and for how long.

Tags: DoD , Congress , sequestration , Air Force , Mark Welsh , Leon Panetta , Jared Serbu , workforce , furloughs

Wednesday - 02/13/2013, 02:23pm EST

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Air Force makes history, pins first female four-star general

Janet Wolfenbarger will lead the Air Force Materiel Command, which is a key organization for current and future weapons systems. She promoted the Air Force's "culture of diversity" as the reason for her new rank.

Tags: Air Force , DoD , Ruben Gomez , Janet Wolfenbarger , Air Force Materiel Command , Norton Schwartz , DoD Report

Thursday - 06/07/2012, 07:41am EDT

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More than half of Air Force personnel cuts to come from National Guard

The Air Force plans to further reduce its ranks by 9,900 airmen as part of DoD's overall budget reductions. The personnel cuts tilt heavily toward the Air National Guard.

Tags: DoD , DoD budget , Air Force , Norton Schwartz , workforce , National Guard , Guard and Reserve , strategic guidance , Jared Serbu

Monday - 02/06/2012, 04:41am EST

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Air Force seeks outside advice on Dover penalties

Air Force Secretary Michael Donley is asking a retired general and two experts to review the punishments in mishandling of body parts at Dover, Del., military mortuary.

Tags: DoD , Air Force , Dover Air Force Base , Leon Panetta , John Dorrian

Wednesday - 12/21/2011, 06:20am EST

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