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National Guard Support for COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Ramps Up

Dec. 14, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
As America's first approved coronavirus vaccine is shipped across the country and frontline workers are getting their first jabs this week, National Guardsmen have been activated to assist with transportation. Military airlifters are standing by to support commercial shipping networks as well. Governors in 26 ...

Congress Seeks Review of New Missions for Open Skies Planes

Dec. 11, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
As the United States closes out its participation in the 1992 Open Skies Treaty, some in government are starting to consider what might come next for the Air Force unit that has handled those foreign surveillance flights for decades. Lawmakers earlier this month released a ...

Biden Calls for Swift Confirmation of Defense Secretary Pick

Dec. 9, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
President-elect Joe Biden called on Congress to “swiftly” confirm Lloyd J. Austin III as the next Defense Secretary, rebutting concerns that his plan to nominate the recently retired Army general chips away at civilian control of the military. Introducing Austin at a Dec. 9 event ...

Draft NDAA Offers More Money, Oversight to Air Force Tech Priorities

Dec. 8, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Lawmakers weighed in on three of the Air Force’s top-priority technology development efforts in the final draft of the fiscal 2021 defense policy bill, offering more money and more oversight as the programs mature. The Low-Cost Attritable Aircraft Technology initiative, hypersonic weapons, and the Next-Generation ...