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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 ...
Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., this week is hosting a first-of-its-kind air show, bringing together real demonstrations with a large virtual outreach program to encourage science, technology, engineering, and math education in southern California. The base was set to host its first on-base air show ...
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. ...
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Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. provided a keynote address at AFA's virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference on Sept. 14, 2020. Here is a transcript of his speech and the following interview with Air Force Magazine Editor-in-Chief Tobias ...
The U.S. military’s workforce can’t succeed in the long run unless it fully embraces the digital age, overhauls its lagging information technology systems, and pursues a more flexible and diverse workplace, according to the Pentagon’s new personnel strategy. The document from Pentagon personnel and readiness ...
Read a transcript of Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond's keynote from AFA's virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference.
A formal search for designs for the Air Force’s new nuclear command plane is again delayed into 2021, the service said Oct. 2. The Survivable Airborne Operations Center is meant to replace the Air Force E-4B “doomsday” jet that can send the command to launch ...
Maj. Gen. Dawne L. Deskins recently became the first woman and non-pilot to become the deputy director of the Air National Guard. She formally stepped into ANG’s number two spot in July. Though her priority has always been doing the best possible job and being ...
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. ...
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), former Air Force Chief of Staff and retired Gen. T. Michael Moseley, and the National Defense Industrial Association's Richard McConn discuss defense budget transparency and whether the Air Force is receiving its fair share during a session held as part of ...
