The impact of the new coronavirus outbreak has been mixed for USAF flying units, with many close to the fight maintaining a high operations tempo, while training at home takes a major hit that could have lasting impacts to readiness. However, the service has faced ...
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The Pentagon will extend its stop movement order, currently set to expire May 11, and limit the exemption process to further address the spread of the new coronavirus, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said. Esper, who first ordered military personnel across to globe to limit movement ...
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The Air Force employed its specially designed isolation pods to transport highly contagious COVID-19 positive patients from Afghanistan to Germany on April 10, the first use of the system in the new coronavirus outbreak, while the service is also developing a more advanced version of ...
An F-16 pilot mistakenly dropped an inert bomb on private property near Misawa Air Base, Japan, in November because of a failure of communication, according to a recently released Pacific Air Forces investigation into the incident. On Nov. 6, 2019, an F-16 with the 14th ...
Boeing on April 13 reopened some of its production lines, including work on the Air Force's new KC-46 tanker, which had been closed for weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company also is restarting work on the Navy's P-8 at its Renton facility and ...
An Air Force survival, evasion, resistance, and escape specialist died during a September 2019 parachute jump at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., because he overcontrolled his parachute, prompting an uncontrolled spin and hard landing, according to a recently released investigation. Staff Sgt. Adam Erickson, with ...
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Yokota Air Base, Japan, is having a new kind of health scare: whooping cough. An individual who works at both the on-base Pizza Hut and the installation’s Military Clothing Store was diagnosed with the highly contagious, bacterial disease, which is formally ...
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Aviano Air Base is situated in the northeast of Italy, not far from what was the global hotspot of the new coronavirus outbreak. However, as the virus spread through the region, Aviano’s Airmen and aircraft have been able to fly as much as normal, if ...
While the COVID-19 pandemic has set back BMT shipping rates, Air Education and Training Command boss Lt. Gen. Brad Webb said an Air Force stop-loss order isn’t on the table yet. “Our assessment is that we don't have to take other measures, such as stop-loss, ...
