Tag: Defense

The total F-15 program cost is projected to grow from $522 million in 2011 to nearly $1.8 billion in 2021. (Jonathan Drake/Bloomberg News)

With F-15, Air Force faces Catch-22

Travis J. Tritten · April 22, 2017 10:24 pm

Two lawmakers rode in a T-50A during a demonstration in South Carolina this week. (Screengrab)

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‘You fly!’: Watch Rep. Joe Wilson take a back seat ride in a Lockheed jet

Travis J. Tritten · April 14, 2017 4:37 pm

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Watch: America’s newest aircraft carrier gets underway for the first time

David Brown · April 10, 2017 3:26 pm

Gen. Mark Milley, who testified along with the three other service chiefs before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, said the lack of a standard budget for fiscal 2017 would grind most Army training to a halt in July. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Army chief: Stop-gap budget will lead to ‘dead Americans on the future battlefield’

Travis J. Tritten · April 5, 2017 3:01 pm

President Trump shakes hands with Petty Office 1st Class John Thompson ABE1, during a tour of the nuclear aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, on March 2 at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport, Va. Trump traveled to Virginia to meet with sailors and shipbuilders on aircraft carrier which is scheduled to be commissioned this year after cost overruns and delays. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump’s Navy buildup

Jacqueline Klimas · April 3, 2017 4:01 am

"I find a refreshing, bipartisan spirit on the Armed Services Committee. Many of my Democrat colleagues especially many of them who have served in the military themselves, they agree that the sequester has greatly diminished the military and limited the ability of the military to rebuild and grow to meet the threats that we face," said Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind. (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Rep. Jim Banks: Trump’s Navy fleet plan is ‘absolutely necessary’

Al Weaver · April 3, 2017 4:01 am

The REINS Act would allow Congress to reassert control over agency rulemaking by preventing major regulations from being implemented without congressional approval. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Brass to storm the Hill this week amid military funding fight

Travis J. Tritten · April 1, 2017 4:01 am

The F-15 discussion — which would not include the newer F-15E Strike Eagle — could be a cost-cutting measure as the Air Force struggles with a shrinking, aging fleet and curtailed funding under federal budget caps. (California National Guard photo by Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Chris Drudge)

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Air Force secretary nominee Heather Wilson refuses to promise to keep F-15 in service

Travis J. Tritten · March 30, 2017 3:26 pm

Senate Republicans may put off the Trump admin's $30 billion defense supplemental request. Sen. Roy Blunt, left, said that the additional fiscal 2017 funding for Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets as well as ships, missiles and troops should not be considered while lawmakers wrangle over passing 2017 appropriations bills or an omnibus budget before current federal spending authority expires April 28. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Senate could put off Trump’s $30 billion defense boost until at least May

Travis J. Tritten · March 29, 2017 5:36 pm

Navy and Marine Corps say strike fighter shortfall could number 100 aircraft. (Credit: U.S. Navy)

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Navy, Marines fighter jet shortfall may top 100 aircraft

Travis J. Tritten · March 28, 2017 9:59 pm

A sailor moves missiles across the flight deck of the USS George H.W. Bush as it travels through the Persian Gulf on March 22. The carrier will begin launching airstrikes targeting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Trump’s 12-carrier Navy plan: Anything but smooth sailing

Jamie McIntyre · March 27, 2017 4:01 am

Lockheed Martin plans to bid the T-50A, built with Korea Aerospace Industries, for the Air Force's T-X trainer contract. (Lockheed Martin photo)

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Lockheed says its T-X trainer could be delivered two years early

Jacqueline Klimas · March 21, 2017 5:55 pm