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After the U.S. Air Force chief was repeatedly hectored by protesters at a Wednesday think-tank event, Gen. David Allvin called an airman’s recent self-immolation a “tragedy” and said his service is investigating.“For our Air Force, we look…

Congressional negotiators are getting closer to avoiding a partial shutdown later this week, with leaders suggesting all sides have agreed on the need for a deal and few obstacles stand in the way of reaching one. Top lawmakers coming…

The Army intends to consolidate its force structure to close gaps left by recruiting shortfalls and to shift manpower from outdated jobs to emerging ones, the service secretary announced Tuesday.“Because of the recruiting challenges, our…

The Pentagon’s deputy chief information officer for enterprise IT, Lily Zeleke, is no longer in her position as of Thursday night, according to a Thursday email sent to the DOD CIO team and obtained by Nextgov/FCW.Tim Gorman, a Pentagon…

Military officials, Donald Trump told a crowd at a rally in Iowa this past October, are “some of the dumbest people I ever met in my life.”It wasn’t the first time the Republican front-runner and former president offered his opinions on…

AURORA, Colorado—Ukrainian pilots will start graduating from F-16 fighter jet training in May, the Air National Guard estimates.The first four pilots are “pretty close” to the end of their training, Air National Guard director Lt. Gen.…

A pair of House committees on Wednesday afternoon punted discussions on extending and reforming a contested spying power after lawmakers from each panel threatened to tank the measure over disagreements about its scale and reach, but it’s…

Military officials, Donald Trump told a crowd at a rally in Iowa this past October, are “some of the dumbest people I ever met in my life.”It wasn’t the first time the Republican front-runner and former president offered his opinions on…

The leader of the nation’s largest federal employee union had a blunt message for labor officials across the country at the opening of the American Federation of Government Employees’ legislative conference Monday: your jobs—and democracy…

AURORA, Colorado—The U.S. Air Force is changing the way it deploys forces as part of a sweeping overhaul to make the service leaner and prepare for a fight against China. Instead of deploying forces one squadron at a time, and taking…