Air Mobility Command has identified Kalitta Charters of Michigan to fly military members’ remains from Dover AFB, Del., to their homes for burial, reports Stars and Stripes. AMC began seeking a private carrier following a complaint about handling of a casket by a commercial airline. AMC already has Kalitta under a $10 million contract for nonscheduled chartered passenger service. This new contract, according to the Stripes, is for up to $11 million and runs for six months from Jan. 1, while the Air Force works on a longer term contract.
After years of describing to lawmakers and Pentagon leaders the nature of that threat and the key role spacepower plays in deterring conflict in the domain and enabling the rest of the joint force, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman told reporters during AFA’s Warfare Symposium here that the message appears to…