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United States Air Force Spends $1 Billion On Software System Now Declared Utter Failure:

The U.S. Military continues to waste billions with little accountability for failed programs or unneeded equipment. This includes tens of billions wasted in our ongoing wars. Ref. Source 6

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Air Force eases policy banning transgender troops

The Air Force on Thursday night will announce policy changes that will make it more difficult to discharge transgender airmen, a move that mirrors one made in March by the Army and moves the Pentagon a step closer to allowing transgender troops to serve openly, USA TODAY has learned. Troops diagnosed with gender dysphoria or who identify as transgender are generally discharged from serving based on medical grounds. Those decisions have been made by doctors and unit commanders. The new Air Force policy requires those decisions be reviewed by high-level officials at Air Force headquarters. Ref. USAToday

USA Air Force History & Civil Business Politics

I don't care so long as it does not mean a lowering of skill on the battlefield. Your personal life is just that - personal, don't make it an issue in duty.

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US Air Force Seeks $3 Billion Drone Program Expansion:

Despite a mounting civilian death toll and increased opposition from civil liberties activists, the US Air Force has announced that it plans to double its number of drone squadrons. According to the report, US President Barack Obama confirmed drone attacks for the very first time. Ref. Source 1w

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Fighter jets from the Navy Blue Angels and the Air Force Thunderbirds crashed in separate incidents.

The Blue Angels FA-18 Hornet went down in Tennessee, a Navy official said. A Rutherford County official said one person died as a result of a plane crash there.

The Thunderbirds F-16 crashed in Colorado after a U.S. Air Force Academy commencement ceremony attended by President Barack Obama. A spokesman for the academy said the plane went down far from the ceremony and the pilot safely ejected. Obama later met with the pilot. Ref. CNN.

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Trump's 'incredible' Air Force One to be red, white and blue, cost $3.9 billion. The next generation of Air Force One will abandon the planes' traditional color scheme in favor of red, white and blue, President Donald Trump said. The Department of Defense announced Tuesday that Boeing secured the $3.9 billion contract for… Source 7t.