Congress

The Fighter Force Preservation and Recapitalization Act would establish requirements to track Air Force Fighter force structure and would grant Congress greater “oversight authority” of force structure modifications.

Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House and Senate last week would direct state payments for the use of the National Guard federal equipment in state missions to the units that used the equipment.

Drill-status Air National Guardsmen would have a permanent federal tuition assistance program compatible with the one available to the Army Guard under legislation reintroduced Feb. 6.

Daniel Driscoll answered questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee Jan. 30 about his nomination to be the secretary of the Army.

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ leadership would have more authority to discipline or dismiss problematic employees under a newly proposed bill.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Defense Department, fielded questions from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday morning.

Lawmakers are trying to finalize the nation's annual defense policy bill and a separate measure to fund the federal government through March 2025.

A new legislative assistant has joined the NGAUS team.

After months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, the leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees have released their conference committee fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act.

The Government Accountability Office has a simple question for the Air Force: who will run bases when whole wings deploy under the service’s new force generation model?

The military services could improve their officer evaluation systems with some simple adjustments, a congressional watchdog reported last month after a 22-month review.

The nation’s governors are urging lawmakers to swiftly pass a defense policy bill that preserves state authority over the National Guard.