JULY 29, 2021 - It was the early hours of September 14, 2019, when a swarm of small drones left two Saudi oil facilities in ruins. The aftermath was caught on film from several angles, and captured a near biblical sight: giant pillars of flame and smoke, like a burning sword extended from the earth and stretched toward the heavens. Analysis by the Saudi government suggested … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2021
Air Force Signs Charter To Study China’s Growing Military Threat
JULY 29, 2021 - Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. recently signed the charter for the Air Force’s China Aerospace Studies Institute, signaling the service’s intent to focus education, awareness and understanding more heavily on China’s growing military threat. CASI conducts research on Chinese aerospace, to include air-, space-, cyber- and missile-related fields, … [Read more...]
Exercise Tests DOD’s Integrated Deterrence
JULY 29, 2021 - Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, today briefed the news media on Global Information Dominance Experiment 3, which took place July 8-15. The experiment focused on a peer competitor and centered a lot on contested logistics in scenarios where lines of communication — such as the … [Read more...]
DoD Unveils 2021 POW/MIA Recognition Day Poster
JULY 28, 2021 - The Defense Department today revealed the prisoner of war/missing in action commemorative poster which, leading up to POW/MIA Recognition Day in September, will highlight ongoing efforts made by the department to provide the fullest possible accounting of the soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen still missing from past conflicts. Each year, the department … [Read more...]
Star Card Saves Military Nearly $30M in 2020
JULY 28, 2021 - In 2020, authorized exchange and commissary shoppers who used the MILITARY STAR card—available exclusively to military members, retirees, Veterans and military dependents—saved the military community $28.7 million in banking transaction fees. Reaching for the MILITARY STAR® card at a military exchange store or commissary is strengthening benefits for all who … [Read more...]