The Air Force as DOD’s “largest user of energy” has embraced “green power” and is researching alternative fuels, but it is still not enough, says Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne in his latest letter to airmen. Faced with increased energy costs (Air Combat Command’s aviation fuel bill has soared 31 percent in the past year), Wynne asks every airman to search for additional means to conserve all manner of energy.
U.S. Southern Command recently announced its first lethal strike on a suspected narco-trafficking vessel in two months, and the first under a newly formed permanent counter-cartel task force. The U.S. is also reportedly planning to transfer MQ-9 drones to Colombia to bolster its counter-cartel efforts.