The Air Force is planning to locate a new Financial Transformation Customer Service and Call Center at Offutt AFB, Neb., or Ellsworth AFB, S.D., according to the Associated Press news service. USAF plans to merge operations at several bases in the one new center. Look for an announcement in April, preceded by intense community and lawmaker lobbying.
The use of a military counter-drone laser on the southwest border this week—which prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to abruptly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas—will be a “case study” on the complex web of authorities needed to employ such weapons near civilian areas and the consequences of agencies…

