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Space Command Reaches IOC | Biden Still Pushing Toward Aug. 31 Withdrawal Deadline | B-2s Land in Iceland

Aug. 25, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine, Greg Hadley, , Amanda Miller and John A. Tirpak
Read the day's top news on the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and national security issues.

STARCOM Stands Up | Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine Coming Soon | Afghanistan Evacuation Mission Ramps Up

Aug. 24, 2021 | By Amy Hudson, Brian W. Everstine, Greg Hadley, , Amanda Miller 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.

Record 823 Evacuated on 1 Flight | CRAF Activated for Kabul Evacuations | Looking Ahead at KC-Z

Aug. 23, 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, Department of Defense, and national security issues.

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.

C-17s Ready to Ramp Up if Evacuees Can Make It to the Kabul Airport

Aug. 19, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
The Pentagon is expecting to increase the pace of C-17 airlifts out of Kabul as the influx of troops has slowed to a trickle and the Globemaster IIIs are going in configured for larger loads of evacuating U.S. citizens and Afghans. However, the pace of ...

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.

U.S. Sending 3,000 Troops to Protect American Diplomats in Kabul

Aug. 12, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine and Abraham Mahshie
The Pentagon on Aug. 12 detailed a massive plan to protect American diplomats and Afghan special immigrant visa applicants in Kabul, ordering 3,000 Marines and Soldiers to Kabul within days, with an additional 1,000 Soldiers and Airmen deploying to Qatar to facilitate visa processing and ...

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
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