Air Force C-130s and Airmen wrapped up their firefighting season on Oct. 3 after helping extinguish a record number of blazes in California over more than two months. Since USAF's airborne firefighting units were activated July 22, specially equipped C-130s spent about 600 hours flying ...
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A top military health official on Oct. 8 defended the precautions taken by the Pentagon as two senior military officials tested positive for the coronavirus, saying Americans should heed the cautionary tale that anyone can contract the disease. “Absent almost total isolation, there's not a ...
A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators are urging the Trump administration to impose economic sanctions on Turkey over buying and activating Russian S-400 Triumf air defense systems, concerned that Turkey is allowing Russia to access sensitive data on NATO aircraft. In an Oct. 7 letter ...
Air Force bases in the southeastern United States are again hunkering down for a hurricane aimed at the Gulf Coast. Hurricane Delta, a Category 4 storm that may still strengthen, is slated to hit southeast Louisiana on Oct. 9 and cause a “life-threatening storm surge ...
Several senior military officials, including Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. and Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, are quarantining at home after a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff tested positive for the coronavirus on Oct. ...
The release of the Air Force’s Arctic Strategy comes at a “pivotal time on the timeline of the Arctic,” as global powers exert their influence in an increasingly important region where climate change is also taking its toll, the head of Alaskan Command said Oct. ...
Watch retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Bob Edmonds, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Growth at Elbit America, discuss the company's helmet-mounted display efforts, what next-generation HMDs might look like, the company's contributions to the Boeing-Saab T-7A Red Hawk trainer, and more during a sponsored ...
Watch Air Mobility Command boss Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost and UPS' Captain Houston Mills discuss the global challenge that is strategic airlift with moderator, Air Force Association Executive Vice President, and retired Maj. Gen. Douglas L. Raaberg during a panel at the Air Force ...
Watch Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt, Maj. Gen. Charles S. Corcoran, retired Maj. Gen. John Horner, and retired Maj. Gen. Mike "Boe" Boera discuss the current status and future of aerospace power with moderator and retired Lt. Gen. Glen W. “Wally” Moorhead III held during a ...
