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Snapshot: 2026-09-18
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- 1.US Air Force has a $14 billion supply hole, service officials saymigration · As the force grapples with supply chain and maintenance issues, sustainment funding to fill the $14 billion gap is becoming increasingly necessary.
- 2.US Air Force to extend service of B-1, B-2 bombers, official saysmigration · The service lives of the B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit will be extended, with their pilots to be some of the first to fly the B-21 Raider.
- 3.US Air Force renews efforts to ensure units have accurate spouse contact informationmigration · The Air Force is distributing cards instructing commanders on how to collect and download spouses' contact information to ensure family readiness.
- 4.AI military targeting may move faster than humans can authenticate, critics warnmigration · AI military targeting may move faster than humans can authenticate, critics warned during a Wednesday hearing in Washington.
- 5.US ‘not prepared’ to respond to nuclear attacks in space, report saysmigration · A recent war-gaming report found that the U.S. has no tested response to a nuclear detonation in space.
- 6.Vietnam War conscientious objector falsified Silver Star award, defrauded VAmigration · James Lyon, 80, admitted to submitting fraudulent documents to the VA, collecting over $124,000 in disability payments.
- 7.US military must adapt as formations will be ‘hunted’ by autonomous systems, Caine saysmigration · Technology, such as AI and autonomous systems, is changing the character of war, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Dan Caine said.
- 8.China warns US space weapons could fuel arms racemigration · China urged the United States to halt its military build-up in outer space after Washington acknowledged it has weapons deployed in orbit.
- 9.VA facilities struggle to staff mental health, nursing, safety positions, watchdog findsmigration · More than half of the Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers have reported severe staffing shortages, the Office of Inspector General finds.
- 10.Tanker fleet modernization will continue for decades, US Air Force officials saymigration · “The last KC-135 pilot has not been born,” Air Mobility Command Deputy Commander Maj. Gen. Gerald Donohue said Tuesday.