Inside the Air Force highlights

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

1. The Air Force needs to reorganize its Lockheed Martin F-22 enterprise and increase pilot training to properly address high-end threats, the Government Accountability Office says in a report published this week.

Full story: GAO says F-22 fleet structure, training needs to be revamped to meet high-end threats

2. Defense Department officials are asking Congress to let the Air Force shift more than $536 million of its base-budget funds to higher priorities in fiscal year 2018, largely for research and development efforts, according to an omnibus reprogramming request signed by the Pentagon comptroller July 11.

Full story: USAF's latest reprogramming request aims to keep programs ahead of schedule

3. The Air Force will delay the contract award in the UH-1N Huey replacement program for at least a year if Congress doesn't authorize an $83.4 million infusion to keep the effort on track, according to a copy of the Defense Department's June omnibus reprogramming request obtained by Inside Defense this week.

Full story: Huey replacement award could slip to FY-20 if Congress denies reprogramming

4. The F-35 Joint Operational Test Team conducted an eight-day run of F-35 and A-10 comparison tests last week -- a much-anticipated, congressionally directed test event meant to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of each aircraft in various scenarios.

Full story: F-35 test team conducts series of A-10 comparison flights