Remember the Pentagon’s Mobility Capabilities Study? The long awaited document finally surfaced—briefly—on Capitol Hill, where about 40 staffers received a two-hour preview—classified—briefing, Congress Daily reports. No conclusions or numbers have leaked out. According to the Daily account, hard data was scant. The full report may make it to Congress sometime next month. Meanwhile, we anxiously await delivery of the tanker replacement analysis of alternatives—also now due out next month.
The Pentagon’s new counter-drone task force will play a direct role in arming Airmen with new weapons to defend Air Force agile combat employment, or ACE, air bases in austere locations against enemy drone attacks, the director of Joint Interagency Task Force 401 said Oct. 14.
