Working Afghanistan Is Not Space Launch Duty:
It doesn’t matter if they protect a missile field or launch center, Security Forces airmen are in short supply, so Air Force Space Command SF airmen are taking their turns in Southwest Asia. Serving in Afghanistan now are 18 airmen of the 30th Security Forces Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, Calif. They had to get some specialized training from the Army at Ft. Lewis, Wash., before deploying to SWA, where they are conducting detainee operations, including the operation of the Bagram Air Base Theater Internment Facility, convoy operations, and detainee fly-away missions, says Capt. Tim Simmons, the squadron’s guard force commander.
A new think tank report calls for a buildup of U.S. drones and munitions needed for a potential fight against the Chinese military over Taiwan, thought other experts argue the report is missing some nuance in the munitions equation.
