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A Lineage of Leadership

A Lineage of Leadership

by lhtek | Jul 1, 2019 | Latest News, Uncategorized

Sheppard Air Force Base Commander General Ronald Jolly discusses leadership and legacy in the Summer 2019 issue of Wichita Falls Living. Click here to view the article.
The drawdown blew a hole in the Air Force’s maintenance ranks. How it’s digging its way out.

The drawdown blew a hole in the Air Force’s maintenance ranks. How it’s digging its way out.

by lhtek | Mar 6, 2017 | Latest News, Uncategorized

March 5, 2017 Before the steep force management cuts of 2014 hit the Air Force’s ranks, maintainers at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina — home of the 20th Fighter Wing and its roughly 79 F-16CM Fighting Falcons — worked about 40 to 50 hours a week. It was tough...
Pentagon Could Look to Close Bases Without BRAC Authorization

Pentagon Could Look to Close Bases Without BRAC Authorization

by lhtek | Nov 10, 2016 | Latest News, Uncategorized

WASHINGTON – For several years, the Pentagon has been blocked by Congress in its request to begin another round of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). Now, facing an expected wave of modernization bills in the next decade, a top DoD official has suggested the...
Expanding Goals of BRAC Could Improve Its Political Prospects, O’Hanlon Says

Expanding Goals of BRAC Could Improve Its Political Prospects, O’Hanlon Says

by lhtek | Oct 27, 2016 | Latest News, Uncategorized

BRAC has always been a hard sell, a point borne out by the Obama administration’s failure to persuade lawmakers to authorize one or more base closure rounds over the past five years. Maybe if the Pentagon were to broaden the aims of the BRAC process from simply...

“Congressman Thornberry’s House Armed Services Committee still working with Senate in conference Committee to agree to a 2017 National Defense Authorization Act.”

by lhtek | Oct 27, 2016 | Latest News, Uncategorized

Topline Spending Still Remains a Hurdle in Reaching a Deal on Authorization Bill While leaders of the Armed Services committees have pointed to a dispute of whether the greater sage grouse should be barred from being placed on the endangered species list as the...
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