MAY 15, 2020 - The U.S. Space Force and United Launch Alliance will honor all front-line workers and COVID-19 first responders while paying tribute to those affected by the pandemic during a launch mission scheduled for May 16 at 8:24 a.m. EST. United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket carrying the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle serves as a collaborative "America Strong" salute from … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2020
A New Road to Rapid Drug Discovery
MAY 15, 2020 - The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Chemical and Biological Technologies Department (DTRA CB) is leveraging two hallmarks of modern computing — artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) — to rapidly identify potential medical targets that could be further developed into measures that counter chemical and biological threat agents. AI is broadly … [Read more...]
Top Enlisted Leaders Answer Questions on Stop-Move Process
MAY 15, 2020 - Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman Ramón "CZ" Colón-López and U.S. Transportation Command's senior enlisted leader, Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Jason France, shed some light on moving in the time of COVID-19 during a virtual town hall meeting. The SEAC hosted the meeting with France today, as the two enlisted leaders answered service members' questions. … [Read more...]
Making History, Reserve Pilot Flies U-2 Dragon Lady
MAY 15, 2020 - For the first time in Air Force and 9th Reconnaissance Wing history, a reservist, Maj. Jeffrey Anderson, 99th Reconnaissance Squadron pilot, qualified to fly the U-2 Dragon Lady. The U-2 is known as the hardest aircraft to fly in the world. It has been a host to less than 1,500 pilots since the first flight in 1955, and 65 years later the first reserve pilot … [Read more...]
NATO Looks to Ensure Health Crisis Doesn’t Become Security Crisis
MAY 15, 2020 - NATO was created to deal with crises, and the alliance continues as the world faces the coronavirus pandemic, said the chairman of the NATO Military Committee in Brussels. Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshall Sir Stuart Peach opened today's virtual meeting of the alliance's 30 chiefs of defense to discuss the response to COVID-19 and all the other aspects of … [Read more...]