Associated Press reports that USAF has allowed two Air Force officers who stole classified material from a Minuteman III launch facility to resign. Capt. Paul Borowiecki left the service in September and Capt. Javed Abbas in December, USAF told AP. Both had been assigned to the 91st Missile Wing at Minot AFB, N.D., when they decided to take as souvenirs obsolete launch control devices that were used to detect equipment tampering. In 2008 USAF earlier acknowledged that Borowiecki was to face a court-martial, but the service did not identify the second officer. The two, who stole the devices in 2005 rather than destroying them as required, elected to resign rather than accept court-martial. In a statement USAF told AP that “acceptance of these officers’ requests for resignation and directing their administrative discharge from the Air Force was an appropriate resolution for this matter.”
The Department of the Air Force has identified 50 programs that will make up the core of its contribution to the Pentagon’s joint all-domain command and control effort, branding them part of the “DAF Battle Network,” according to newly-released budget documents. The DAF Battle Network programs span multiple offices and agencies…