Veterans Affairs has been sending letters to veterans in the New York area alerting them to the Sept. 6 theft of yet another VA laptop, according to a Nov. 1 statement by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.). Maloney says the VA “waited almost two months to tell veterans their identities might be at risk.” A copy of the letter posted on Maloney’s Web site is dated Oct. 20. As of Nov. 5, there appears to be no word of the theft on the VA Web site. The letter sent by the VA to “a number of veterans we provide pulmonary care service for at the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System” invites the veterans to partake of free credit monitoring. It also says that the “VA police and VA Inspector General are investigating.”
The Air Force is placing Air Combat Command in charge of teaching combat tactics to fighter and remotely-piloted aircraft units, according to a May 12 announcement. Beginning this summer, the service will reassign the formal training units for the F-35, F-16, and MQ-9 from Air Education and Training Command to…