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Retro Attack

Air Force leaders believe fourth- and fifth-generation fighters are too much airplane for many missions around the world. Secretary Heather Wilson recently cited an F-22 Raptor mission in Afghanistan conducted last year. The stealth fighter capable... Read More Details

A Conversation with Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel

As chief of the National Guard Bureau, Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel answers directly to Defense Secretary James N. Mattis. But it’s not the first time the Texas Air National Guard officer has worked for the former Marine general. Lengyel was chief of the... Read More Details

Heroes on the Homefront

The war in Iraq ambushed Jackie McKenna in the haven of her home in Savannah, Georgia, while she was videoconferencing with her husband, John, a deployed Georgia Army National Guard officer. An explosion in the background immediately made her... Read More Details

Great Bosses

Cpl. Robert Raber was in the U.S. Virgin Islands responding to Hurricane Maria last year when his house in Tennessee caught fire. “I have a wife at home,” says the soldier with the Tennessee Army National Guard’s 269th Military Police Company. “She... Read More Details

Nominations Would Mean Leadership Switch at Guard Bureau

Two senior National Guard leaders will shuffle positions if the Senate confirms White House nominations submitted last week. Lt. Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, the vice chief of the National Guard Bureau, would become director of the Army National Guard... Read More Details

Guard Has MILCON Projects That Could be Diverted to Build Wall

A congressional tally of unobligated military construction funds that could be diverted to help build a wall on the southern border includes hundreds of millions of dollars currently slated for National Guard projects. The funding represents all... Read More Details

Future Fight Driving Significant Army Organizational Change

The Army is exploring major changes to its force structure to better prepare for future fights, according the director of the Army’s Futures and Concepts Center. Lt. Gen. Eric Wesley delivered the remarks during a fireside chat with Army... Read More Details

New Legislation Tackles Guard, Reserve Suicides

Bipartisan legislation introduced last week would expand National Guard and Reserve access to mental health care, regardless of deployment status. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., announced the Care and Readiness Enhancement... Read More Details

President's Budget Request Increases Defense Spending

President Donald Trump is requesting $718 billion for the Defense Department for fiscal 2020, a $33 billion, or 5 percent, increase from the current year. In all, national defense spending — including Pentagon programs, war costs and nuclear weapons... Read More Details

AFBA Scholarship Application

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