Replacing Canada’s Failing CC-130s: 17 C-130Js

Replacing Canada’s Failing CC-130s: 17 C-130Js

CC-130 over BC(click to view full) The US military has been coming to the realization that its aging aircraft fleet will begin posing serious challenges in the coming years. Canada is experiencing similar problems. In 2005, Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Rick Hillier...
Replacing Canada’s Failing CC-130s: 17 C-130Js

Reality-Undeterred USAF Secretary Releases Buzzword Compendium

* US Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James is worried about the service’s current readiness because of budgetary squabbling, but that didn’t stop her from releasing a lofty long-term strategy document [PDF] where the word “global” appears no...
Replacing Canada’s Failing CC-130s: 17 C-130Js

GAO Frets About Tax Liability of Security Clearance Holders

* The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report stating that about 83,000 DOD employees and contractors who held or were eligible for security clearances (out of a total of about 5.1 million) had unpaid federal tax debt totaling more than $730M as...