Air Mobility Command has just celebrated transporting home from Southwest Asia the 500,000th passenger for rest and recuperation leave since AMC began the R and R flights in 2003. TSgt. John Jung reports that AMC officials greeted the half-millionth troop at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport last week. AMC-organized commercial airlifts fly 420 military and civilian personnel from the war zone daily to two hubs in the US, Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta.
As the Space Force moves forward with plans to modernize its weather satellite architecture, it’s working closely with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to share data and leverage the agency’s modeling and validation tools, officials told lawmakers in a Jan. 13 hearing.
