Communities near Eielson Air Force Base are ready to provide housing for Air Force personnel and their families attached to two incoming F-35 squadrons, according to municipal and business leaders.
The Air Force is not playing a negotiating trick by asking for more squadrons than it needs and then bartering with lawmakers downward, according to the Air Force chief of staff.
The Air Force is using the Army and Navy playbook and focusing on an end-strength number. That could be catastrophic in the future, warns Susanna Blume of the Center for a New American Security.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein said he’d look into a complaint that Defense Department-wide drug testing is sapping valuable time from units, but don’t hold your breath.