NATO has said it will send out a rapid reaction force to aid earthquake relief operations in Pakistan, according to the London Daily Telegraph. There’s just no indication when that might be. A senior NATO official told the Telegraph that the alliance wants to put the NATO Response Force to work, since the NRF was formed two years ago. “If they are not used this time then who will use us?” the official said. (Read our article on formation of the NRF here.)
A legislative standoff has led to a lapse in a $4.26 billion small business innovation contracting program widely used by the Air Force and could spell the end of it entirely, industry sources warned Air & Space Forces Magazine.
