The 14th Weather Squadron is taking on a new mission performed by no other unit in the military: predicting what the climate might look like 10 years from now, with calculations that include the effect of greenhouse gasses.
In early October, the Department of the Air Force released its climate action plan, setting out ambitious goals to slash emissions across its installations, non-tactical vehicles, and aircraft fleets in the coming years. By December, the department may be ready to release details on how ...
The Air Force, along with the Army, needs to do a better job of preparing its installations in the Arctic for the impacts of climate change, according to a new Defense Department Inspector General report. The IG report, issued April 13, specifically looked at six ...
The Biden Administration's inflation estimates will be the big story related to the fiscal 2023 defense budget submission, experts said in a streamed Center for Strategic and International Studies “budget preview” Feb. 7. The inflation estimates will either be greeted as realistic—and damning for the ...
Nearly nine months after President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing the Pentagon to incorporate the implications of climate change in its wargaming, analysis, and simulations, the Defense Department has released its Climate Risk Analysis report. The report, out Oct. 21, “provides a starting ...
The Defense Department announced Oct. 7 that it has adopted a Climate Adaptation Plan to guide decision-making on everything from readiness to supply chains. The plan and accompanying statement by Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III were prompted by a Jan. 28 Executive Order by ...