May 21, 2025 SecAF highlights FY26 priorities, strategic challenges in SASC testimony Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink, alongside Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin and Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee
May 13, 2025 Senate confirms Meink to be nation’s 27th Air Force Secretary Dr. Troy E. Meink was confirmed May 13 by the Senate as 27th Secretary of the Air Force.
March 5, 2025 Air Force leaders discuss future force design U.S. Air Force leaders discussed force modernization and strategic planning, emphasizing the priorities for future capabilities, deterrence and joint force integration during a panel at the Air and Space Force Association Warfare Symposium.
March 5, 2025 DoD offers Health Care Flexible Spending Account to service members Service members can sign up for the new Health Care Flexible Spending Account putting money in pretax earnings into an account that can be spent on qualifying health care expenses.
Dec. 11, 2024 Department of the Air Force releases installation re-optimization plan to enable capabilities for Great Power Competition The Department of the Air Force released its Installation Infrastructure Action Plan on Dec. 11 to adapt its installations to the challenges of Great Power Competition.
Sept. 18, 2024 DAF provides B-21 Raider program updates The B-21 Raider will incrementally replace the B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit bombers to become the backbone of the Air Force’s flexible global strike capability.
Sept. 16, 2024 Allvin lauds Airmen for embracing, pushing forward efforts to reoptimize the force Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin provided his keynote address at the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference.
Sept. 16, 2024 Kendall highlights accomplishments, urgency to finish transitioning to Great Power Competition Conceding that his future as secretary is connected to the outcome of November’s election, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall used a high-profile keynote address Sept. 16 to highlight achievements modernizing and reshaping the Air Force and Space Force while also emphasizing unfinished work
Sept. 9, 2024 Air Force realigns to ensure readiness, future competitiveness Air Force Materiel Command will consolidate and establish new centers to rapidly develop, procure, field and sustain a pipeline of competitive capabilities to deliver decisive advantages to the force.
July 8, 2024 Department of Defense announces results of Sentinel Nunn-McCurdy Review On Jan. 18, 2024, the Air Force notified Congress that the Sentinel program exceeded its baseline cost projections, resulting in a critical breach under the Nunn-McCurdy statute.