Navy Will Get Air Force F-16 Fighter Jets to Fill Super Hornet Gap The U.S. Navy is preparing to receive F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets from the Air Force as it moves to rid its inventory...
Air Force Will See Substantial Cuts to Aircraft Fleets in Biden's First Budget The U.S. Air Force wants to ditch more than 200 planes across its fighter, tanker, mobility, attack and drone fleets.
Navy Speeds Up Ship Retirements as It Ramps Up Investment in New Platforms While the Navy's most recent plan included plans to decommission 48 active ships by 2026, the new budget request speeds up...
Troops Would See 2.7% Pay Raise Under Proposed DoD Budget The proposed budget would also provide an average 3.1% increase in troops' basic allowance for housing payments.
Space Force Is the Only Military Service Set to Grow Under Biden's Budget Plan The fledgling Space Force would grow from 6,434 Guardians in fiscal 2021 to about 8,400 next year.
Army Grunts May Get More Guns, But Less Ammo Next Year The Army is seeking a big boost in new weapons for combat-arms units in its 2022 budget request.
'At What Point Does VA Become Adequately Funded?' Republicans Question Record Budget Request In 2000, the Department of Veterans Affairs' budget was $47 billion; this year, it is $240 billion.
Air Force Tells Congress It Needs Major Funding for Military Construction Backlog Brig. Gen. William Kale said the service has built databases to track facility conditions and is implementing a plan...
CNO Says Navy Department Has Strong Case for Getting Bigger Slice of Defense Budget Gilday has for more than a year said his service needs a bigger portion of the budget to build more ships and submarines.
VA Wants Dramatic Budget Increase, Continuing Trend of Soaring Spending VA Secretary Denis McDonough urged Congress to back a massive funding increase to boost efforts in homelessness assistance...
Top Enlisted Leader at Air Force Special Operations Command Fired, Facing Investigation Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, who advised on the readiness, training and quality of life of enlisted air commandos, was...
Army to Soldiers: Reenlist by Monday if You Want to Claim Incentives While it is not unusual for the Army to curtail incentives after meeting its retention goals, the troops were given little...
Former Air Force Commander Punished with 21 Days' Confinement, Forfeiture of Pay After Guilty Plea Col. Christopher Meeker, the former commander of Wright-Patterson's 88th Air Base Wing, was sentenced Tuesday evening after...
New Air Force Academy Mission Statement Drops Educate, Adds a Different Focus The Air Force Academy has rolled out a new mission statement that drops the word "educate" and adds in a focus on winning...
The Army Is Getting Rid of Athletic Trainers The Army is set to phase out its unit-level athletic trainers -- civilian specialists tasked with providing immediate care...