WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate Wednesday confirmed Barbara Barrett as the next secretary of the Air Force. Barrett, former U.S. ambassador to Finland, received 85 support votes in her bid to become the top official for the U.S. Air Force. "I can think of no posit...
President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced Barbara Barrett as his pick for the next Secretary of the Air Force. "I am pleased to announce my nomination of Barbara Barrett of Arizona, and former Chairman of the Aerospace Corporation, to be the next Secretary of the Air Force." Trump tweeted...
In 2020, then Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Will Roper revealed the air service had designed and flown a prototype of the NGAD fighter in just one year, with the help of new digital engineering technologies. The aircraft design and other details were never revealed, nor was the i...
Medical shaving waivers for thousands of airmen and Space Force Guardians will be reset and reevaluated, according to new Department of the Air Force memos.
The Air Force's secret new fighter jet, which it designed, built, and flew in just one year, is the second e-Plane, following the eT-7A Red Hawk. The sixth-generation e-Plane is adopting Formula 1-style practices.Dr. Will Roper is the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Ac...
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's press conference on the "FY2012 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military" came less than 24 hours after the Air Force's head of sexual assault prevention was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in a parking lot near the Pent...
Education Department Secretary nominee Linda McMahon offered a wide array of promises to bolster the department amid President Donald Trump’s threat to shutter it in the near future. Aneeta Mathur-Ashton Feb. 13, 2025 Key Themes From the McMahon Hearing President Trump says the Education De...
stressing so you’d like to have your tool box working quickly. But the goal is to be adaptable so we can push software quickly against evolving threats,” Adil Karim, the chief engineer of architecture initiatives at the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, said in an AFCEAeventon ...
Osborne previously served as a highly skilled expert in procurement, logistics, and technology in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army at the Pentagon. Osborne also served as a broadcaster and military expert on the national television network. He holds a Master's degree in Comparati...
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, in remarks reported by Defense News, told lawmakers that the crewed version of the NGAD fighter jet would cost “multiple” hundreds of millions of dollars. NGAD includes both crewed and uncrewed fighters; the uncrewed version would cost no more than...