Congress Withholds $1 Billion While Awaiting F-35 Certification

Congress has required that the Air Force secretary certify the F-35 will be in top shape within two years before future contracts are signed. Lockheed Martin has also spent $1 billion of its own money for production while awaiting the contract negotiations. Congress withheld $1 billion of about $5.3 billion the USAF requested for F-35s this year until the certification is […]

Congress’s four female combat veterans are speaking up on military issues

They are a diverse group: Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) is a former Black Hawk helicopter pilot, and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) served in the military police in Kuwait. Rep. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) flew A-10s for the Air Force, and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) served in the Iowa National Guard. But they are speaking together in Congress just as […]

Call your congressman, engage policy makers, you might improve a program

To me, foreign policy is the de facto charter of a modern president. Foreign policy ultimately affects our economy and our people in the long run to a greater extent than domestic policy, which can be amended. Fractured relationships and loss of influence cannot be altered over a congressional year.

Congress doesn’t pay, but it needs more veterans

Military people are passionate people, and SOF is very much so and aggressive. In my limited experience, but with open eyes, D.C. needs people who have life experience and understand service. A cultural problem on the Hill is that some who serve there believe that their service supersedes others.

Class C Aviation Mishap Rate Doubles

The Marine Corps has hired an independent review team lead to look at Class C aviation mishaps.  Class C mishaps, the lowest class, have doubled over the last year amid the current aviation readiness crisis. FighterSweep community, we had a recent article regarding the state of military aviation readiness.  Now it appears the Class C […]