Can the F-22 outfly the sunset?
In his budget message last week, President Barack Obama proposed spending $533.7 billion on military defense. In an era of $700 billion financial bailouts, $787 billion stimulus packages and $1.75 trillion deficits, a half-trillion defense budget…
In a welcome, if belated, decision, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Wednesday halted the Pentagon’s star-crossed, corruption-tinged seven-year effort to replace its Elvis-era fleet of aerial refueling tankers.
The next president and his secretary of defense now will have the…
In an absurd twist to an already tortured tale, the Air Force last week gave the Boeing Co. just eight weeks to design a new, larger aerial refueling tanker. The deadline is ridiculous, and it raises questions about exactly what is…
Generations of military men and women have complained about uncomfortable accommodations when flying on military transport aircraft. But they weren’t in a position to do anything about it.
Air Force generals are, and at least four have. They’ve contributed to the…
Congress’ watchdog agency Wednesday took a bite out of the Air Force, ruling that the service botched its February decision to award a $40 billion aerial tanker deal to Northrop Grumman and EADS, the European parent of Airbus.
The decision was at least a…
The Government Accountability Office is expected to rule by next week on Boeing Co.’s appeal of its loss of a $40 billion aerial tanker contract. The GAO will rule largely on arguments over arcane bid specifications, scoring methods and other…
In the past few months, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has subtly begun putting the Pentagon on what he calls “war footing.” Last week, he dropped the subtlety and, in the interest of preparing for “the long war” against Islamist jihadists, he attacked…
