Aircraft repairs continue as normal despite the novel coronavirus scare at the three sprawling Air Logistics Centers (ALCs), where about 25,000 workers maintain the bulk of the U.S. Air Force aircraft fleet. 

The UK declared the F-35 operational even though the fleet was suffering from availability, infrastructure, logistics and security issues, auditors have revealed.

The U.S. Air Force is launching Puckboard, a software application to automatically plan C-17 Globemaster III aircrew qualification flights, a task that used to take a 10-20-person operations team several days.

German unions have stepped into the ongoing discussion over Germany’s plan to replace its Panavia Tornado fighter bomber fleet.

Berlin’s ILA Air Show has become the latest international event to fall victim to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The U.S. Air Force has postponed the second demonstration of the Advanced Battle Management System from April to June because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Textron Aviation is instituting rolling four-week furloughs for most of its U.S. employees in response to the coronavirus pandemic and to adjust production to anticipated market demand, the company said. 

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has notified Congress that the Pentagon will provide federal health officials with 5 million respirator masks and 2,000 specialized ventilators to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.