USAF C-17s airlift relief equipment and supplies from Guam to India after a devastating Jan. 26 earthquake that killed some 20,000, injured nearly 170,000, and left nearly 600,000 homeless. USAF C-5s delivered the cargo to Guam from California.
Pentagon leaders, eager to move fast and avoid pitfalls that have plagued defense acquisition in the past, are handing authorities and oversight for some of their biggest programs to officers outside the traditional structure. But the Air Force and Space Force four-stars given those responsibilities say they don’t intend their jobs to be a permanent change to the system.
