The Air Force has developed a counter-biological warfare concept of operations and an instruction it expects to apply to all its facilities, the culmination of a year’s assessment of the biowar threat posed to Kunsan AB, South Korea. Service officials worked with Kunsan to develop tactics, techniques, and procedures that USAF could apply to all its installations, reports SSgt. Monique Randolph. The result is the CONOPS and Air Force Instruction 10-2604, Disease Containment Planning Guidance, which the Air Force expects all facilities to embrace over the next six months.
Sticker Shock Drags Out USAF’s E-7 Negotiations with Boeing
April 18, 2024
While a deal on the E-7 Wedgetail airborne battle management jet may come soon, negotiations are stuck on the high price Boeing is asking for the development jets, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said recently.