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C-17s Ramp Up Evacuation Ops | Former CSAF Jumper on Afghanistan Lessons | 25% of AAF Aircraft Escaped Taliban

Aug. 20, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine, and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, Department of Defense, and national security issues.

More US Troops to Afghanistan | Evacuation Pace Increases | Revamping Homeland Defense

Aug. 19, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine, Greg Hadley and
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, Department of Defense, and national security issues.

Afghanistan Update | Promotion Board Schedule | Space Force’s Hack-a-Sat

Aug. 18, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine, Greg Hadley, John A. Tirpak and Shaun Waterman
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

Chaos in Afghanistan | Skyborg Makes Progress | C-130 Heads to Haiti

Aug. 17, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

Rushed Evacuations from Kabul | Space Systems Command Stands Up | More Momentum for Space Guard

Aug. 16, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine, Greg Hadley, , John A. Tirpak and Shaun Waterman
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

Thousands of Troops Head to Kabul | New Engines Won’t Work in Old Fighters | USAF Needs to Improve Cybersecurity

Aug. 13, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine, Greg Hadley, and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

Massive Skunk Works Plant | How the New Deployment Model Will Work | Successful ICBM Test

Aug. 12, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine, Greg Hadley, and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

Here’s When New PT Gear, Other Updated Uniforms Will Be Available for Airmen

Aug. 10, 2021 | By Greg Hadley
Dozens of changes are coming to the Air Force’s dress and appearance standards as the service prepares to implement initiatives recommended by the 2020 Air Force Uniform Board. The changes will become official when Air Force Instruction 36-2903 is republished in early October 2021, but ...

Secretary Kendall’s Plan | COVID-19 Vaccine to be Required | The Cyber Threat to Commercial Space

Aug. 10, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine, Greg Hadley and
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

Secretary Kendall’s Plan: Lessons From the Cold War, More Engineers

Aug. 9, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
When Frank Kendall got a call from the White House asking if he could return to the Pentagon to lead the Air Force, he did not need long to think it over. Kendall, who left public service in in 2016 after leading Defense Department acquisition ...

CSAF on China Threat | The Need to Coordinate JADC2 Efforts | RQ-4 Crashes in New Mexico

Aug. 9, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine, Greg Hadley, and John A. Tirpak
Daily Report: Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

Lack of JADC2 Coordination Across Services is ‘Recipe for Disaster,’ Analyst Warns

Aug. 6, 2021 | By Greg Hadley
The Defense Department is setting up a “recipe for disaster” if it does not establish a joint program executive office to coordinate joint all-domain command and control efforts across services, a top defense analyst is warning. In a brief published by the Center for Strategic ...

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