AFMC has some 90,000 civilian and uniformed employees. In most cases, uniformed Airmen will not be approved for regular and recurring telework.
Boeing expects the Air Force will order its first set of operational T-7A Red Hawk aircraft in 2024.
The Air Force is moving to a two-bomber fleet of B-21s and Cold War-era B-52s, and plans to retire B-1s and B-2s in the next decade.
“Ultimately, the [Lightning Technician Program] concept did not meet the needs of the Air Force enterprise,” the service said.
For years, Congress has thwarted the Air Force's attempts to retire the iconic A-10 Warthog, but that is about to change.
Without enough money to fund aircraft maintenance and aircrew flying hours, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said, readiness rates would decline.
Two studies that looked how the new missions could affect the environment at Robins found they would have “no significant impact."
The Advancing Aeronautics Expo before the B-21 rollout was a display of aviation history, all the way back to the Doolittle Raiders of World War II.
Reporters and photographers invited to view the B-21's public debut at the highly secure Air Force Plant 42 had to follow strict security guidelines.
Retired Col. Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson, A 100-year-old World War II flying ace, received an honorary promotion to brigadier general.
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