The U.S. Space Force is being built from the existing Air Force with a priority to keep a small and low-priced footprint, relying heavily on existing force structure. The Air Force on Feb. 3 sent a 26-page document to Congress outlining the plan for the ...
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Two charted aircraft arrived at Travis Air Force Base, California, on Feb. 5 carrying about 350 passengers evacuated from the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak. The 747s flew from Wuhan, China, and were received at Travis by personnel from the Department of Health and ...
Since an ongoing series of earthquakes began to rock Puerto Rico in late December, including a magnitude 5.0 tremor on Feb. 4, Civil Air Patrol has been engaged in relief and recovery efforts, both in the sky and on the ground. The U.S. Air Force ...
The Pentagon is opening four additional bases, including two Air Force installations, to the Department of Health and Human Services for the possible quarantine of personnel as the coronavirus outbreak continues. On Feb. 1, the Pentagon agreed to provide housing at Travis Air Force Base, ...
A total of 137 Airmen took their own lives in 2019—a 33 percent increase from the 103 suicides in 2018 despite service efforts to get the problem under control. The high pace of suicides has long worried senior service leaders, who in July ordered wings ...
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The Air Force Association’s General Russell E. Dougherty Chapter 407 raised $3,000 in just over four months to sponsor an approved Commonwealth of Kentucky Historical Marker near the Hardinsburg crash site.
Culture change is a leadership issue. Time is of the essence.