MARCH 27, 2023 - Semper Paratus, Latin for “always ready,” makes up the 9th Reconnaissance Wing’s mantra. The 9th RW at Beale AFB is one of twelve units in the Sixteenth Air Force that falls under Air Combat Command. The mission here is to deliver persistent, integrated reconnaissance to the nation, largely in part to the U-2S Dragon Lady. The U-2, a high-altitude … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2023
Mission Support Center Releases 2023 Strategic Plan
MARCH 27, 2023 - The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center recently released its updated strategy, adding a new focus area and synchronizing efforts across the center to enable better delivery of combat power and installation support. “Our installations are the vital power projection platforms that enable our forces and weapons systems to fight from anywhere in … [Read more...]
U.S. Conducts Airstrikes in Response to Deadly UAV Attack
MARCH 27, 2023 - Last week, a U.S. contractor was killed and five U.S. service members and one additional U.S. contractor were wounded after a one-way unmanned aerial vehicle struck a maintenance facility on a Coalition base near Hasakah in northeast Syria at approximately 1:38 p.m. local time. The intelligence community assess the UAV to be of Iranian origin. "At the … [Read more...]
Science, Technology Inform DOD Budget Request
MARCH 27, 2023 - The Defense Department soon plans to release its National Defense Science and Technology Strategy, or NDSTS. But elements of that as yet unreleased strategy figured into the development of portions of the department's fiscal year 2024 budget request, said the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering. "We are implementing this strategy in the … [Read more...]
New Center a ‘Seismic Shift’ in Army Fitness
MARCH 27, 2023 - Fort Jackson felt the earth move, March 24 – not because another earthquake hit the South Carolina midlands, but rather because the post opened a health facility on post. The Drill Sergeant Timothy Kay Soldier Performance Readiness Center “represents a seismic shift” towards how the Army approaches how troops are trained, evaluated, and sustained, said Brig. … [Read more...]