Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel signed a new policy Wednesday that requires US service members returning from Ebola-affected areas in West Africa to undergo 21-days of controlled, supervised monitoring, according to an Oct. 29 release. The new policy—a recommendation from the...
A group of Defense Department medical personnel is training to respond to domestic Ebola cases. The 30-member support team—which includes 10 critical care nurses; 10 noncritical care in-patient nurses; five physicians with experience in infectious disease, internal medicine, and critical...
Air Combat Command officials approved the syllabus of a newly revamped Intelligence Weapons Instructor Course (IWIC) at the Air Force’s Weapons School at Nellis AFB, Nev., Weapons School officials told Air Force Magazine. Lt. Col. Abraham Jackson, commander of the...
The Air Force successfully launched the eighth GPS IIF satellite Wednesday. The vehicle departed Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., at 1:22 p.m., traveling aboard an Atlas V launch vehicle powered by an RD-180 engine. It was the fourth GPS IIF launch...
An Orbital Science Antares rocket, carrying supplies to the International Space Station, exploded six seconds after departing Wallops Island, Va., Tuesday night. “Tonight’s events really show the difficulty that it takes for us to do this task of delivering cargo...
Tensions with Russia have damaged joint US-Russian nuclear security and nonproliferation efforts and the Kremlin is reconsidering its future cooperation, said National Nuclear Security Administration chief retired Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz. “The state of the political climate following events in...
Two RQ-4 Global Hawks deployed to Misawa AB, Japan, have returned to Andersen AFB, Guam, after nearly six months of flying operations from the dual-use Japanese airfield, announced Pacific Air Forces. PACAF officials said recently the deployment was exceptionally successful,...
Other nations are going to school on how the US organizes, buys, and employs key technology, from satellites to smart weapons, the Defense Department’s top acquisitions official said during a technology conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. As a result,...
The recent closeout of the Fiscal 2014 budget found additional money for the Air Force’s facilities upgrades, according to a release. Repairs and improvements from new lighting and laundry facilities for dormitories to a new fire station exhaust system to...
The Navy achieved initial operational capability with its next generation AWACS platform, the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye earlier this month, Naval Air Systems Command announced. “The E-2D can detect smaller targets, at longer ranges, over water, in littoral areas, and over...
