Two airmen at the Contingency Operating Location Bilate, in Ethiopia, are the only Air Force members at the training facility where their assignment is to keep critical communications running between the remote, predominantly Army camp and the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa headquarters at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, approximately 483 miles to the northeast. Air Force journalist SSgt. Francesca Popp reports that SrA. Jeremy Cole and A1C Steven Brumley maintain contact via radio, phone, and Internet.
House, Senate Unveil Competing Proposals for 2026 Budget
July 11, 2025
Lawmakers from the House and Senate laid out competing versions of the annual defense policy bill on July 11, with vastly different potential outcomes for some of the Air Force’s most embattled programs.