HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. (AFNS) - A new program known as the Pocket J system was recently completed and implemented to connect the nation's continental air defense sectors to aircraft flying the homeland defense mission. The program, managed under the C3I and Networks Directorate at Hanscom Air Force Base provides the primary tactical data link messaging capability … [Read more...]

JANUARY 22, 2015, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - The Air Force’s priorities for modernization and continuous improvement in the nuclear enterprise were the top of discussion during the Air Force Association’s monthly breakfast Jan. 20 in Arlington, Virginia. “This nuclear deterrent is as relevant and is as needed today as it was in January of 1965,” said Maj. … [Read more...]

JANUARY 21, 2015, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Leaders in academia, government, and industry presented cutting-edge research related to sexual violence at the Sexual Assault Prevention Summit Jan. 13, 14, and 15 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Dr. Andra Tharp, Dr. Gilbert Botvin, and Dr. Dorothy Edwards spoke to 150 Airmen about sexual assault prevention models, as well as … [Read more...]

JANUARY 19, 2015, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON (AFNS) - According to officials from the Department of Defense's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program, rising reports of sexual assault is not only a good indication of a cultural shift in the force structure, but also on the utilization of SAPR resources. People who experience sexual assault are proving to be more … [Read more...]

JANUARY 16, 2015, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - During a State of the Air Force address held at the Pentagon, Jan 15, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James announced immediate preliminary steps to develop a get-well plan to improve the health of the MQ-1B Predator and MQ-9 Reaper enterprise in light of extensive combatant commander operational needs. “(Intelligence, … [Read more...]