Inside the Air Force highlights

Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Air Force:

1. Lawmakers on the House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee recently proposed restricting a quarter of the Air Operations Center's fiscal year 2019 funding until Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson sends a report on agile software development and operations to Capitol Hill.

Full story: To fully fund AOC, Congress may want more details on Agile DevOps

2. As Boeing and the Air Force continue to work toward delivery of the first KC-46 tanker, the company is expecting a contract from the service this summer to explore future tanker capabilities.

Full story: Boeing, Air Force to begin crafting KC-46 upgrade roadmap this summer

3. The Air Force's top acquisition official said recently that if a proposal by House lawmakers to disband the Strategic Capabilities Office is successful, several of the service's development efforts could slip or be forced to restart.

Full story: Roper: Disbanding SCO would be detrimental to Air Force acquisition