Air Force personnel at Bagram AB, Afghanistan, continue to support relief operations in Pakistan. On Oct. 16, they loaded two Air Force C-17s and a C-130 with more than 141,300 pounds of supplies, including clothing, tents, and MREs. Back in the states, a KC-10 flew to Langley AFB, Va., where it picked up 20,000 pounds of supplies destined for Pakistan. Air Mobility Command also has plans to airlift 21 Army Chinook helicopters from three stateside Army posts.
Maj. Gen. Gregory Gagnon, Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Intelligence highlights the importance of cyber and electromagnetic spectrum superiority in modern warfare at an CSIS event on March. 20. The spectrum is crucial to conducting long-range attacks and securing the narrative and information flow.