EXCLUSIVE: USAF Acting Undersecretary Jones on Sentinel, Wedgetail and Australia
In likely her last interview in the job, Kristyn Jones reveals a few lessons-learned from the embattled Sentinel ICBM development program.
Senate confirms Melissa Dalton as next Air Force Under Secretary
Dalton will take over from Kristyn Jones, who has been performing the duties of the role since March 2023.
Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
Air Force wants to retire 250 aircraft as part of $188B FY25 budget request
“We're very, very fixated on being competitive with the pacing challenge [of China],” said Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall. “I think the budget that we've submitted moves us forward — not quite as fast as we would like to, but it moves us forward in the right direction while maintaining current capabilities that are essential to the nation.”
With a year-long CR a real possibility, the service under secretaries sound the alarm
One of the under secretaries compared the damage of a year-long continuing resolution to the effects of sequestration in 2013.
‘We will have to find the money’: After cost breach, Air Force doubles down on Sentinel ICBM
Air Force Lt. Gen. Rick Moore also spoke favorably of investing in "surge" capacity for things like munitions production, though he said the idea may not be popular outside the Air Force.
89 Department of Air Force new starts at risk unless Congress acts on budget: Official
Kristyn Jones, who is performing the duties of the under secretary of the Air Force, warned that modernization initiatives aimed at countering China would also be at risk if a budget impasse in Congress stretches on.
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