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Pentagon Owns Fewer Buildings Than Previously Thought: Audit

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter January 11, 2019

BY MARCUS WEISGERBER, Defense One, JANUARY 9, 2019 The Navy was counting buildings that were demolished and the Army was counting uninhabitable fac...

Rep. Austin Scott Applauds Middle Georgia Being Named ‘Great American Defense Community’

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Community, Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB January 8, 2019

January 3, 2019 Press Release This is the second year in a row a community in Georgia’s Eighth District has received this honor. WASHIN...

FEDVIP gift: Military retirees, others get extra three months to enroll in dental, vision insurance

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter December 18, 2018

By: Karen Jowers, Military Times Government officials are giving those in the military community who are eligible for new benefits under t...

New BAH rates for 2019 rise 2.5 percent

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter December 18, 2018

By: Military Times staff 3 days ago The Pentagon on Friday released the new 2019 Basic Allowance for Housing rates that will...

Services Need to Assess the Effectiveness of Their Initiative to Maintain Critical Skills

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter December 14, 2018

Direct link to report: https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/696055.pdf Highlights: The Department of Defense's 17 facilities that perform m...

FEDVIP Extends Military Retiree Dental,Vision Enrollment Window

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter December 12, 2018

11 Dec 2018 Military.com | By Amy Bushatz Federal officials have extended dental insurance enrollment for thousands of military r...

21st Century Partnership Monthly Update – December 2018

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Community, Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB December 12, 2018

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Modernizing the US military by learning from the past

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter November 30, 2018

By: Lou DiStasi, Defense News “Innovation” and “force modernization” are the Pentagon buzzwords of the day. Strategies are being developed across t...

Trump and Congress on collision course with military spending

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter November 20, 2018

BY REBECCA KHEEL The House, Senate and President Trump are heading toward a collision over next year’s defense budget. A recent report ordered...

Elmo, meet ‘Dr. Heather’: Air Force secretary talks STEM with Sesame Street characters

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter November 15, 2018

By: Stephen Losey, Air Force Times For decades, kids have asked how to get to Sesame Street. And this week, at least, it seems the path goes throug...

Sustainment Chief to Focus on Installation Resilience

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Community, Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB November 15, 2018

In Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, ADC, Dan Cohen Washington, D.C. — The Pentagon’s new installations, energy and logist...

21st Century Partnership Monthly Update – 7 November 2018

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Community, Latest News, Newsletter November 9, 2018

21st Century Partnership Monthly Update Nov 7...

Will some military retirees miss the boat on new dental coverage?

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB November 2, 2018

By: Karen Jowers, Military Times Are military retirees getting the word about looming changes to their dental coverage, and do older retirees in pa...

Pentagon Stands up New Sustainment Office

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter November 1, 2018

Association of Defense Communities, October 31, 2018, Dan Cohen DOD has started the process of merging the office responsible for energy and insta...

KC-135, C-130J are next in line for US Air Force’s data-driven maintenance program

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter October 30, 2018

By: Jeff Martin, Defense News GRAPEVINE, Texas — The KC-135 refueling tanker and the C-130J airlifter will be the next two aircraft to be part of t...

The decline of the defense industrial base – and what to do about it

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Legislation, Newsletter October 9, 2018

By: Jeff Green, Defense News A new report released by the White House documents the gravity of the situation facing the defense industrial base, wh...

Defense Base’s Lower Tiers under Threat, White House Report Warns

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter October 9, 2018

Dan Cohen, ADC The outlook for lower-tier suppliers in the nation’s defense industrial base is troubling, with DOD facing “limited capabilities, in...

A C-130H training subcontractor has replaced Lockheed Martin as prime for Air Force contract

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter September 27, 2018

By: Daniel Cebul, Defense News WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has awarded CAE USA a contract to provide training services for C-130H aircrew, acco...

US Air Force turns to data analytics to solve B-1, C-5 maintenance challenges

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB September 27, 2018

By: Valerie Insinna, Defense News WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force is making changes to the way it sustains the B-1B Lancer bomber and C-5 Super Gal...

Georgia Named Top State for Business for Fifth Consecutive Year

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Community, Latest News, Newsletter September 21, 2018

Staff Report From Georgia CEO Friday, September 21st, 2018 Gov. Nathan Deal announced that Georgia has been named the No. 1 state for business f...

‘I’ll be their angel investor’: Air Force vice chief wants to crowdsource airmen’s ideas

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter September 21, 2018

By: Kyle Rempfer, Air Force Times As the U.S. military turns its attention to the threats posed by near-peer adversaries, Air Force leade...

Air Force not considering new F-15 or hybrid F-22/F-35, top civilian says

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter September 18, 2018

By: Valerie Insinna, Defense News WASHINGTON — The two biggest manufacturers of military aircraft have been busy marketing new versions of their fi...

GSA’s OASIS: A strategic asset on the procurement landscape

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter August 21, 2018

By Roger Waldron, August 17, 2018 8:35 am, Federal News Radio This column was originally published on Roger Waldron’s blog at The Coalition for Go...

21st Century Partnership Monthly Update

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Community, Latest News, Newsletter August 9, 2018

21st Century Partnership Monthly Update Aug 7...

JSTARS recap is officially dead

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB July 26, 2018

Valerie Insinna, Defense News LONDON — The Air Force scored a major win in the 2019 defense authorization bill: Not only will it be able to cancel ...

Senate, House agreement kills new planes for J-STARS; Scott blames Perdue

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB July 26, 2018

BY WAYNE CRENSHAW, The Telegraph wcrenshaw@macon.com WARNER ROBINS, GA An agreement between members of the U.S. House and Senate kills plans ...

Achieving the ‘Installation of the Future’ Will Require a Host of Tradeoffs

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter July 24, 2018

In Mission Support/Community Partnerships, ADC, July 17, 2018, Dan Cohen The “installation of the future” increasingly will rely on virtu...

Contract award for US Air Force’s Huey replacement helicopter at risk of delay until FY20

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB July 19, 2018

Valerie Insinna , Defense News FARNBOROUGH, England — The U.S. Air Force’s contract for a replacement to the UH-1N Huey helicopter ...

Boeing Is Pitching the U.S. a New F-15, Using Its Super Hornet Game Plan

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB July 19, 2018

By Marcus Weisgerber, Government Executive, Defense One, July 18, 2018 FARNBOROUGH, UK — Boeing is quietly pitching the U.S. Air Force a new F-15 f...

Air Force Looks for Best Path to Bring Down Facility Investment Backlog

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter July 5, 2018

In Mission Support/Community Partnerships, ADC, July 5, 2018 Dan Cohen Faced with an overwhelming $33 billion backlog in facilities ma...

Panel Asks for New Excess Capacity Analysis

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter June 19, 2018

In Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, Association of Defense Communities, June 18, 2018, Dan Cohen DOD will need to redo its 201...

DoD champions civilian workers, asks for more in new business plan

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter June 7, 2018

By Jared Serbu @jserbuWFED, Federal News Radio June 4, 2018 7:46 am Amidst a governmentwide push to reduce the total size of the civilian work...

Senate Panel Recommends Small Increase for Milcon Spending

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter June 7, 2018

In Congress/DoD, Association of Defense Communities, June 6, 2018, Dan Cohen Spending on military construction and family housing programs would ri...

Air Force Creates Office to Help It Shake Up Acquisition Process

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter May 22, 2018

Military.com, 18 May 2018 By Oriana Pawlyk The U.S. Air Force has established a new office to streamline how it procures and sustains weapons, plat...

Former US Air Force head details decision to cut maintenance budgets in 2013

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB May 10, 2018

By: Aaron Mehta, Defense News WASHINGTON ― With the U.S. military facing a rising tide of aviation mishaps, the decision to cut maintenance budgets...

Chairman’s Mark Calls for New Analysis of Excess Capacity

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter May 10, 2018

Association of Defense Communities, Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships The Defense Department would be required to assess wheth...

21st Century Partnership Monthly Update – May 7, 2018

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter May 8, 2018

21st Century Partnership Monthly Update May 7 Draft...

Senators Isakson, Perdue Applaud Atlanta Selection As Finalist For U.S. Army Futures Command

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter April 20, 2018

PRESS RELEASE April 19, 2018 , by FYNTV Producer WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and David Perdue (R-GA) today applauded the...

Cybersecurity Takes Center Stage

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter April 19, 2018

As cyber threats multiply at an exponential rate, an emerging cybersecurity sector tries to keep pace, with government agencies forming close alliance...

Mega-Base: What Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Means For The Economy Of Ohio

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter April 19, 2018

Loren Thompson Contributor, Forbes Contrary to the belief of many analysts, the United States has an industrial policy that often puts government i...

Air Force secretary defends clampdown on public engagements

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter March 22, 2018

By: Valerie Insinna, Defense News WASHINGTON — The Air Force’s top official on Tuesday stood behind a controversial decision to scale bac...

State Rep. Belton: Air Force, Bring the F-35 Lightning II Down to Georgia

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter March 9, 2018

Staff Report From Georgia CEO Thursday, March 8th, 2018 A strange thing happened in Vermont that presents a fascinating opportunity for Georgia....

Fewer planes are ready to fly: Air Force mission-capable rates decline amid pilot crisis

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter March 8, 2018

By: Stephen Losey, Air Force Times The readiness of the Air Force’s aircraft fleet is continuing its slow, steady deterioration — and this could sp...

21st Century Partnership Monthly Update – 7 March 2018

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter March 8, 2018

21st Century Partnership Monthly Update Mar 7 Final...

Defense Logistics Agency to Enhance Industry Engagement

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter March 6, 2018

3/6/2018 By Jon Harper, National Defense Faced with the need to meet growing demand for the products and services it provides, the Defense Logisti...

Air Force announces official retirement date for iconic MQ-1 Predator

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter February 28, 2018

By: Stephen Losey, Air Force Times The Air Force will officially retire its iconic, groundbreaking — and controversial ― MQ-1 Predator on March 9, ...

Pentagon unveils $686 billion military budget for FY19

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter February 13, 2018

By: Joe Gould and Tara Copp , Defense News WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget is requesting $686.1 billion in military f...

Air Force responds to reports that its newest gunship is having problems with its big guns

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter February 6, 2018

By: Stephen Losey Air Force Times Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect responses provided to Air Force Times by Air Force Specia...

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson: ‘This is not a game. It’s a very dangerous world’

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter January 24, 2018

by Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, Jan 23, 2018, 12:01 AM Heather Wilson took over as Air Force secretary last May, making her the first of th...

DAVE BELTON: Georgia’s outlook for 2018 positive

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Community, Latest News, Newsletter January 18, 2018

By Dave Belton, The Citizens Serving Rockdale and Newton Counties The signature event launching every new session of the General Assembly is the Eg...

GAO dismisses Raytheon’s JSTARS recap protest, cementing Northrop as radar provider

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB January 11, 2018

By: Valerie Insinna, Defense News WASHINGTON — Raytheon is officially out of the Air Force’s JSTARS recap contest, leaving Northrop Grumman victori...

GAO dismisses Raytheon’s attempt to stay in JSTARS radar competition

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB January 9, 2018

January 08, 2018 | Rachel Karas The Government Accountability Office recently dismissed Raytheon's formal protest that the Air Force u...

New in 2018: Three aircraft programs to watch

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB January 4, 2018

By: Kyle Rempfer Air Force Times The futures of the Air Force’s JSTARS and light attack plane initiatives remain uncertain, but the next generatio...

New in 2018: Air Force will officially retire MQ-1 Predator drone

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter January 4, 2018

By: Charlsy Panzino Air Force Times The Air Force has already begun transitioning from the MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft to the MQ-9 Rea...

What If We Lost GPS? That’s One Thing Worrying the Air Force Secretary

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter December 21, 2017

Military.com Space has become an increasingly important area of operations for commercial industry and the U.S. military. Plummeting launch cost...

DoD’s vendor base shrunk by 20 percent as defense cuts set in

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter December 21, 2017

By Jared Serbu @jserbuWFED, Federal News Radio December 18, 2017 7:26 am The number of vendors selling goods and services to the Defense Depar...

Air Force drops Raytheon from JSTARS competition, spurring protest

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB November 30, 2017

November 28, 2017, Inside Defense, Rachel Karas Raytheon is protesting the Air Force's decision to exclude aircraft with the company's "Archimedes"...

Inside Defense: Lawmakers to DOD: Consider Army-run acquisition if JSTARS strategy changes

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB November 28, 2017

Rachel Karas Senate appropriators are pushing the Air Force to recapitalize its legacy E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System with a ne...

Defense bill language defends J-STARS

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter November 16, 2017

BY WAYNE CRENSHAW NOVEMBER 10, 2017 12:13 PM WARNER ROBINS The final version of the National Defense Authorization Act to be voted on by the ...

Niger Tragedy Demonstrates The Need For More And Better Airborne Ground Surveillance

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter November 9, 2017

The National Interest, Dan Goure The furor over the presence of U.S. military personnel in Africa that followed the recent tragic loss of four Gree...

Nuclear-powered subs, JSTARS make South Korea’s wish list

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter November 9, 2017

By: Mike Yeo, Defense News MELBOURNE, Australia — South Korea is planning a raft of measures to step up its defense capabilities as U.S. President ...

Military spouse employment

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB November 2, 2017

Federal News Radio Military spouses who want to work suffer from an unemployment rate five times greater than the national average and they are loo...

Air Force expands program allowing Guard, Reserve pilots to fly on active duty

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter November 2, 2017

By: Charlsy Panzino Air Force Times An additional 20 pilots from the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve are eligible to switch to a...

OTA contracts are the new cool thing in DoD acquisition

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter October 20, 2017

By Scott Maucione @smaucioneWFED , Federal News Radio October 19, 2017 1:44 pm Other transaction authority contracts seem to be the hip new thin...

Air Force wants to apply success of Rapid Capabilities Office to other weapons programs

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter October 13, 2017

By: Valerie Insinna, Defense News WASHINGTON — Mirroring plans announced by the Army earlier this week, the Air Force will rely on a small group of...

Air Force Rationale For Killing J-Stars Radar Plane Replacement Isn’t Credible

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter September 26, 2017

Loren Thompson , CONTRIBUTOR I write about national security, especially its business dimensions. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are the...

US Air Force official: Northrop’s JSTARS program still needs ‘heavy lifting’

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter September 26, 2017

By: Valerie Insinna, Defense News WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman is still having trouble moving E-8C JSTARS out of its depot despite impro...

Video: Boeing JSTARS offering seeks to solve spare-parts problem

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB September 21, 2017

Boeing's director of global sales and marketing, James Eisenhart, is excited to be working on a program that seeks to provide the war fighter with a s...

AFMC commander: Agility, innovation to fuel future of AF logistics

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB September 19, 2017

By Monica D. Morales, Air Force Materiel Command Public Affairs / Published September 18, 2017 NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AFNS) -- The future ...

Elevation of US Cyber Command recognizes its ‘coming of age’

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter August 25, 2017

Almost since the inception of U.S. Cyber Command, the organization the Defense Department created in 2009 to serve as its focal point for military cyb...

Northrop’s fix for F-35 and F-22 communications problem involves Global Hawk drones

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter August 24, 2017

By: Valerie Insinna WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman has a pitch to solve communications problems between the F-35 and F-22: Put a new radio on a Glob...

Military Spouse Fellowship Program gives family members career options

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter August 15, 2017

By: Jacob Rogers, Military Times This summer, Nia Sammons, 29, finally got the email she was hoping for: She was one of 50 spouses selected for the...

Build Joint STARS: Leverage Competition, Lower Risk

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter August 1, 2017

By ADAM LOWTHER on August 01, 2017 at 4:01 AM Air Force senior leaders must decide whether to build a new airborne ground radar surveillance capabi...

Lawmakers offer defense bill amendments to lift BRAC ban

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Latest News, Newsletter July 13, 2017

July 10, 2017 By: Ellen Mitchell House Armed Services ranking Democrat Adam Smith (Wash.) is forcing a conversation on closing and consolidating...

Happy 25th birthday, AFMC!

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter July 13, 2017

July 10, 2017 WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, commander of Air Force Materiel Command (center); Maj. Gen. Warre...

White House clashes with House over closing unneeded military bases

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Legislation, Newsletter July 13, 2017

July 12, 2017 By: Travis Tritten The White House has said it "strongly objects" to a House proposal that keeps the military from closing billion...

JSTARS vice commander promoted to highest position in the wing

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB July 13, 2017

July 10, 2017 By: Senior Airman Caila Arahood ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga.—The vice commander of the Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th Air Contro...

Extras needed for Clint Eastwood movie filming at Robins AFB

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB July 13, 2017

July 12, 2017 A movie directed by Clint Eastwood will be filming at Robins Air Force Base next month. Tammy Smith Casting put out call for extra...

Meet Esther Blake, the First Woman to Join the Air Force

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News July 10, 2017

July 8, 2017 By: Marilyn Haigh After her eldest son was shot down while flying a B-17 and reported missing during World War II, Esther Blake bec...

Pentagon moves to shut foreign firms out of its supply chain

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter July 10, 2017

July 9, 2017 By: Aaron Gregg The Pentagon is taking initial steps to more closely enforce so-called “Buy American” laws, elevating a series of D...

Perdue plays big role in defense budget

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter July 6, 2017

by Patrick Hickey | Jul 5, 2017 | Southern Political Report U.S. Senator David Perdue continues to make an impact in Washington D.C. in his first t...

Central Ga. Air Force veteran reflects on 30 years of service

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB July 6, 2017

July 02, 2017 By: Jacob Reynolds Marvin James spent 30 years in the Air Force as an enlisted mechanic before retiring as a Chief Master Sergeant...

New Air Force secretary presses for a culture change in her service

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News July 6, 2017

July 3, 2017 By: Dan Lamothe WASHINGTON — New Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson stood in front of a room of airmen in the Pentagon recently and...

A guide to military drones

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter June 29, 2017

Every military specialist agrees that Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or drones, are the future of warfare - but what are the major types of drone and who m...

House armed services panel overwhelmingly passes FY18 defense policy bill

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Legislation, Newsletter June 29, 2017

June 29, 2017 By: Joe Gould WASHINGTON — The House Armed Services Committee voted 60-1 to authorize $696.5 billion in defense spending for 2018, w...

Thornberry wins pledge to grow DoD budgets, but will it stick?

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Legislation, Newsletter June 28, 2017

June 27, 2017 By: Joe Gould WASHINGTON — House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry confirmed Tuesday he secured a commitment from Hou...

New Air Base Wing commander coming to Robins AFB

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB June 21, 2017

June 20, 2017 By: Jacob Reynolds Robins Air Force Base is preparing for a new 78th Air Base Wing commander. The new commander will be Colonel...

Bishop pleased with passage of bill that includes $32 million for RAFB

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB June 19, 2017

June 15, 2017 By: Larry Gierer Congressman Sanford D. Bishop Jr. said Thursday he is pleased with the passage by the U.S. House Appropriations S...

General Officer Announcements

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB June 19, 2017

June 16, 2017 Press Operations: U.S. Department of Defense Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis announced today that the president has made the follo...

Preparing for War in Space, Air Force Reshuffles Leadership Team

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News June 19, 2017

June 16, 2017 By: Oriana Pawlyk The Air Force has created a senior military role to directly oversee space missions, giving it an equal footing ...

DoD needs 3-5 percent annual growth through 2023, top officials say

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter June 15, 2017

By: Aaron Mehta, June 13, 2017, Defense News WASHINGTON — The Pentagon expects to request 3-5 percent base budget growth above inflation every yea...

Global Hawk expected to fly even better, thanks to a paint job at Robins AFB

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB June 15, 2017

June 14, 2017 By: Becky Purser Work is nearly complete at Robins Air Force Base to make a spy plane more efficient. The RQ-4 Global Hawk — th...

Trump Wants to Find Jobs for Military Spouses, Aide Says

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Legislation, Newsletter June 15, 2017

June 14, 2017 By: Amy Bushatz A Trump administration official on Wednesday said decreasing military spouse unemployment is among President Donal...

US Air Force general begins as CEO of defense industrial association

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter June 15, 2017

June 14, 2017 By: Paige Williams WASHINGTON — Gen. Herbert J. “Hawk” Carlisle will begin his tenure June 15 as the president and CEO for the Nat...

Air Force head’s focus on innovation could open path for greater R&D investments

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter June 15, 2017

June 14, 2017 By: Valerie Insinna WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force’s new civilian head wants the service to retake its claim as the military’s in...

Air Force determining next steps for potential RQ-4 PDM capability

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB June 12, 2017

June 09, 2017 By: Rachel Karas An RQ-4 Global Hawk's recent arrival at Robins Air Force Base, GA, may set the stage for new approaches the Air F...

Armed Services committee kicks off defense bill process

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter June 11, 2017

June 8, 2017 By: Rebecca Kheel The House Armed Services Committee has officially started crafting the annual defense policy bill, introducing th...

DoD tries to calm Congress over new BRAC request

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Latest News, Newsletter June 11, 2017

June 8, 2017 By: Scott Maucione The Defense Department is trying to assuage lawmakers’ fears about closing bases that are unneeded by the depart...

Defense Officials to Lawmakers: Let Us Close Bases

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Latest News, Newsletter June 8, 2017

June 7, 2017 By: Amy Bushatz Closing unneeded bases and relocating troops is the best way to make the most of limited military construction fund...

Does Boeing Have a Plan to Replace the Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS)?

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB June 8, 2017

June 6, 2017 By: Dave Majumdar Boeing believes that its 737-based proposal to replace the U.S. Air Force’s aging Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint Surv...

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