The Air Force’s support of earthquake relief operations continued Nov. 7, with two contracted AN-124 Condors flying in more than 296,000 pounds of water buffalos, a M105 trailer, cargo and utility trucks. As of Nov. 8, the Air Force has airlifted nearly seven million pounds of relief supplies to Pakistan.
The Pentagon’s new counter-drone task force will play a direct role in arming Airmen with new weapons to defend Air Force agile combat employment, or ACE, air bases in austere locations against enemy drone attacks, the director of Joint Interagency Task Force 401 said Oct. 14.