A new report from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that a new strain of adenovirus serotype resulted in the death of one basic trainee at Lackland AFB, Tex., and sickened another 106 from February through June. (The airman, who recovered enough to graduate basic training, then succumbed again to the illness was Amn. Paige Villers of Ohio, reports the Akron Beacon Journal.) The CDC confirmed a total of 140 cases of AD14 throughout Texas, Oregon, and Washington from March through June. In all, nine patients died. The report notes that, from March through September, three military bases in Texas reported 220 cases of AD14. Airmen from Lackland had reported to those bases, but so far health officials do not know whether the disease spread from Lackland.
The Air Force wants to spend more than a half billion dollars through 2031 on a new protection system designed for cargo and refueling aircraft that features onboard sensors and weapons to track and take down enemy missiles and drones.