Inside the Air Force highlights

Some must-reads from the latest issue of Inside the Air Force:

1. The Air Force's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance division is touting small, unmanned aerial systems as the next revolution in air warfare, but a holistic strategy could lie out of the service's reach unless a program office is established.

Full story: Air Force struggles to stand up program office to unite small UAS

2. The Defense Department's most recent F-35 concurrency estimate projects it will spend $1.76 billion to retrofit early Joint Strike Fighter production lots with new capabilities -- a slight increase from last year's $1.69 billion estimate

Full story: Defense Department reports 4 percent growth in F-35 concurrency costs

3. Rep. Jim Bridestine (R-OK) said this week he is satisfied with the space reforms including in the House's fiscal year 2017 defense spending bill and his office is working to find support for those initiatives in the Senate.

Full story: Bridenstine: House bill is first step toward achieving key space reforms