The Air Force is placing its services and manpower and personnel career fields under one overarching boss. Officials say there will be no visible change at the base level, since the two functional areas will remain separate. The move is another in the service’s efficiency efforts—the Air Force Smart Operations 21 process improvement program.
The Pentagon agency charged with building and operating U.S. spy satellites recently declassified some details about a Cold War-era surveillance program called Jumpseat—a revelation it says sheds light on the importance of satellite imaging technology and how it has advanced in the decades since.


