AUGUST 28, 2024 - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., on Sunday, followed through with plans to travel to Israel despite an exchange of live fire in the north earlier in the day between the Israeli Defense Forces and Lebanese Hezbollah. Brown, who had been planning to go to Israel as part of a three-country visit throughout the Middle East, … [Read more...]
ICBM Launch Codes Changed Remotely
U.S. Air Force Maj. Hayden McVeigh, 625th Strategic Operations Squadron deputy missile combat crew commander-airborne, turns the keys to initiate the launch of an unarmed Intercontinental Ballistic Missile during an Operational Test Launch out of Vandenberg Space Force Base, April 18, 2023. AUGUST 28, 2024 - Twentieth Air Force achieved a significant milestone with the … [Read more...]
Chief Details Shifting Special Ops Emphasis
AUGUST 28, 2024 - U.S. special operators are shifting their focus to support the National Defense Strategy to "fill the gaps" of conventional forces as the world faces new challenges and threats, said Christopher Maier, assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low intensity conflict. But the old threats have not gone away, and special operators still need … [Read more...]
Air Guard Deploys for Toxic Swell
Participants in Toxic Swell prepare and train for CBRN warfare on 05 Aug 2024 in Oahu, Hawaii. Toxic Swell 2024 brought together military personnel from across the forces, members of the Air National Guard, Marines, Active and Reserve Air Force engaged in diverse training, including CBRN Reconnaissance & Surveillance, combat tactics, AERS platform operations, gas chamber … [Read more...]
Navy Demonstrates PFAS Removal System
AUGUST 28, 2024 - The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Base Realignment and Closure Program Management Office (NAVFAC BRAC PMO) participated in a PFAS Treatment Demonstration Day held at the former Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (NASJRB) Willow Grove and Biddle Air National Guard (ANG) Base Aug. 20. Technologies were featured to validate remediation of … [Read more...]