FEBRUARY 14, 2023 - Efforts are underway to recover remnants of an object shot down yesterday over Lake Huron by a U.S. fighter jet — the third object downed over North America since a U.S. missile took down a Chinese surveillance balloon on Feb. 4. Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, confirmed … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2023
U.S., Gulf Nations Assess Same Threats in Middle East
Three Royal Bahraini Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons escort a U.S. Air Force 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron B-52H Stratofortress over the Persian Gulf in support of a Bomber Task Force mission, Sep. 4, 2022. The two B-52s deployed for this BTF mission departed from RAF Fairford, United Kingdom, and flew nonstop over the East Mediterranean, Arabian Peninsula, and Red Sea … [Read more...]
Chinese Surveillance Balloons Global in Scope
FEBRUARY 14, 2023 - When President Joe Biden came into office, he directed the U.S. intelligence community to do a broad assessment of Chinese intelligence capabilities, said John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council in the White House, speaking to the media today. "We were able to determine that China has a high-altitude balloon … [Read more...]
Leaders Participate in Nordic Regional Engagement
Royal Air Force Warrant Officer Simon Waldock, Command Senior Enlisted Leader for NATO Allied Air Command, speaks with a Royal Canadian Air Force SERE specialist while visiting the NATO Aircrew Winter Survival Course during a Nordic Regional CSEL Engagement, Jan. 21, 2023, in Rauland, Kingdom of Norway. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael Battles) FEBRUARY 13, 2023 … [Read more...]
Air Mobility Squadron Supports Earthquake Relief Deliveries
Airmen assigned to various sections across the 39th Air Base Wing in Incirlik Air Base, Turkiye, load supply trucks in recognition of joint military support of USAID humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts, following the Feb. 6, 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkiye. U.S. military forces assigned to U.S. European Command and under the operational control of U.S. Naval … [Read more...]