HTML Version <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><title>What Might Trump’s Return Mean for the Air Force?</title><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no"><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=9; IE=8; IE=7; IE=EDGE" /><style type="text/css">body { margin: 0 !important; } #overall-container table { max-width: 680px !important; } @media only screen and (max-width: 480px) { body { width:100% !important; min-width:100% !important; } table, td { max-width: 100% !important; } table#email-container { width: 100% !important; } img { max-width: 100% !important; height: auto !important; } .bodytext, h2.article-title { margin: 0.8em !important; } .article-hr { margin: 1.0em 0.5em !important; } .footer-small p, .footer-small a { font-size: 0.4em !important; } .wp-post-image { margin: 0.3em 0 !important; } .editors-note { padding: 0.5em 0.8em !important; } }</style></head><body><div style="display: none; font-size: 1px; color: #333333; line-height: 1px; max-height: 0px; max-width: 0px; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden;">PLUS Chief Master Sergeant Promotions Announced</div><table id="overall-container" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><table id="email-container" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 680px;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://www.aarcorp.com/en/services/government-solutions/?utm_source=Air+Space+Forces+Daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_id=Government" target="_blank"><img width="680" height="90" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2024/10/AAR_Nov2024_680x90_ALT.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr class="logo"><td align="center"><img style="margin: 0;" alt="airforcemag daily report logo" height="92" width="450" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/Image/AFM_Daily_Report.jpg"></td></tr><tr class="date"><td align="center"><p class="bodytext" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #1E4A85; font-weight: bold; margin: 0 0 .8em !important;">Nov. 8, 2024</p></td></tr><tr class="date"><td align="center"><p class="article-author" style="font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: normal; margin: 0 0 0.8em;">Edited by Greg Hadley with John A. Tirpak and Shaun Waterman</p></td></tr><tr class="view-in-browser"><td align="center"><a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/daily-report/20241108/?src=dr" style="background: #3F6EB2; border-radius: 9px; color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; padding: 0.8em 2em; display: inline-block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: .7em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em;" target="_blank">View In Browser</a></td></tr><tr class="featured-image"><td align="center"><img width="680" height="452" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2024/06/8448169-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-680x9999 size-680x9999 wp-post-image" alt="" style="width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 0.8em 0 0.1em;" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2024/06/8448169-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2024/06/8448169-300x199.jpg 300w, https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2024/06/8448169-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2024/06/8448169-768x510.jpg 768w, https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2024/06/8448169-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2024/06/8448169-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2024/06/8448169-900x600.jpg 900w, https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2024/06/8448169-550x365.jpg 550w, https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2024/06/8448169-677x450.jpg 677w, https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2024/06/8448169-250x166.jpg 250w, https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2024/06/8448169-1000x664.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px" /><em style='display: block; font-size: 0.8em; margin-bottom: 0.6em'>F-35A Lightning IIs, assigned to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron, fly in formation above Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 3, 2024. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. John Linzmeier)</em></td></tr><tr class="article"><td class="editors-note" style="background-color: #F4F5F9; padding: 0.8em 1.2em;"><h3 class="article-title" style="font-size: 1.1em; text-align: center; margin: 0; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #222222;">Editor’s Note</h2><p class="bodytext" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7;">The Daily Report will not publish Monday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day. We will back in your inbox Tuesday, Nov. 12.</p></td></tr><tr class="spacer"><td> </td></tr><tr class="article"><td><h2 class="article-title" style="font-size: 1.1em; text-align: center; margin: 0; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0.8em 0"><a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-second-trump-administration/?src=dr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;">What Could the Air Force Look Like Under a New Trump Administration?</a></h2><p class="article-author" style="font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: normal; margin: 0.8em 0;">By John A. Tirpak</p><p class="bodytext" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7;">What direction the Department of the Air Force will take in the second administration of President Donald Trump remains unclear, but observers expect a shift away from long-term, leap-ahead programs to “here and now” resourcing for readiness and platforms now in production like the F-35 and B-21. They also said a small bump in funding will not heal the Air Force’s long-term resourcing problems.</p></td></tr><tr><td><hr class="article-hr" style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr class="article"><td><h2 class="article-title" style="font-size: 1.1em; text-align: center; margin: 0; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0.8em 0"><a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-chief-master-sergeant-promotions-2024/?src=dr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;">Air Force Promotes Just Over 500 New Chief Master Sergeants</a></h2><p class="article-author" style="font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: normal; margin: 0.8em 0;">By Greg Hadley</p><p class="bodytext" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7;">Just over 500 senior master sergeants are getting a promotion to chief master sergeant this year, the Air Force Personnel Center announced Nov. 7, as the promotion rate held relatively steady. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="https://www.prattwhitney.com/en/products/military-engines/f135/engine-core-upgrade?utm_medium=email&utm_source=a_sf_daily_report&utm_campaign=pratt-whitney-military-engines-f135-ecu&utm_content=countless-solutions"><img width="680" height="265" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2024/09/PW_Oct24_DR_ME_F135_ECU-CountlessSolutions_680x265_FA_ps.jpg" style="margin: 1.1em 0;"></a></td></tr><tr class="article"><td><h2 class="article-title" style="font-size: 1.1em; text-align: center; margin: 0; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0.8em 0"><a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/tech-innovation-nato-air-force/?src=dr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;">To Boost Tech Innovation, NATO Follows Path Blazed by Air Force </a></h2><p class="article-author" style="font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: normal; margin: 0.8em 0;">By Shaun Waterman</p><p class="bodytext" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7;">NATO has taken a page from the Air Force’s innovation playbook, setting up a technology accelerator and a venture fund to nurture and financially support small companies working on cutting edge technology development in critical fields.</p></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="https://nflsweeps.usaaevents.com/?eventid=50015092"><img width="680" height="265" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2024/09/USAA_Oct24_DR_NFL-sweepstakes-680x265-1.png" style="margin: 1.1em 0;"></a></td></tr><tr class="article"><td><h2 class="article-title" style="font-size: 1.1em; text-align: center; margin: 0; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0.8em 0"><a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/pentagon-6-billion-ukraine-aid-presidential-change/?src=dr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;">Pentagon Plans $6 Billion in Ukraine Aid Ahead of Presidential Change</a></h2><p class="article-author" style="font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: normal; margin: 0.8em 0;">By Greg Hadley</p><p class="bodytext" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7;">President Joe Biden’s administration plans to commit some $6 billion in aid for Ukraine in the next two months before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed Nov. 7. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="https://gdmissionsystems.com/products/encryption/data-at-rest-encryption/protecdar-multi-platform-encryptor-kg-204?utm_source=afa.org&utm_medium=display-advertising&utm_campaign=kg-204-campaign&utm_content=daily-report-enewsletter"><img width="680" height="265" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2024/10/GDMS_Nov2024_Cyber-HighAssurance_680x265.jpg" style="margin: 1.1em 0;"></a></td></tr><tr class="row-spacer" height="25"><td> </td></tr><tr><td align="center" class="radar-sweep" style="background-color: #F4F5F9;"><table id="radar-sweep" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" valign="top" width="90%"></tbody><tr class="row-spacer" height="24"><td> </td></tr><tr class="title""><td align="center"><h3 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.3em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold;">Radar Sweep</h3></td></tr><tr class="row-spacer" height=12><td> </td></tr><tr><td align="left"><h2 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">Civilian Terror: Russia Hits Ukrainian Cities with Waves of Drones </h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/world/europe/ukraine-russia-drones.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU4.s2RA.Ma4u7-R1VmC4&smid=url-share" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">As Russian troops march relentlessly forward with fierce assaults in Ukraine’s east, Moscow is unleashing a different form of terror on civilians in towns and cities: a wave of long-range drone strikes that has little precedent in the 32-month-old war. </p></td></tr><tr><td><hr style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #dddddd; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><h2 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">USAF Starts Study of Aeromedical Evacuation’s Future </h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://aviationweek.com/defense/budget-policy-operations/usaf-starts-study-aeromedical-evacuations-future" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Aviation Week</a> <em style="font-size: 0.8em;">(Subscription Required)</em></p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">The U.S. military’s aeromedical evacuation (AE) personnel have become very specialized and good at what they do—sending a team of experts and equipment on board a flying hospital to take care of a small number of injured troops. </p></td></tr><tr><td><hr style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #dddddd; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><h2 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">OPINION: US Air Force Hit 2024 Recruiting Goal by Meeting Americans Where They Are, Not Lowering Standards </h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://breakingdefense.com/2024/11/us-air-force-hit-2024-recruiting-goal-by-meeting-americans-where-they-are-not-lowering-standards/" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Breaking Defense</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">“In today’s strong economy, recruiting successfully for the all-volunteer United States Air Force means overcoming strong and persistent headwinds. The challenges aren’t hard to find. ... That reality is why we are proud that the U.S. Air Force not only met our 27,200 active duty enlisted recruiting goal for this year, opening the aperture for more high-quality recruits to join in the future, but we also achieved it ahead of schedule. This stands in stark contrast to 2023 when the Air Force missed its goal of 26,877 new recruits,” write Alex Wagner, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for manpower and reserve affairs, and Brig. Gen. Christopher R. Amrhein, commander of the Air Force Recruiting Service. </p></td></tr><tr><td><hr style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #dddddd; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><h2 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">Defense Secretary Calls for Calm Transition, Apolitical Military Ahead of Trump Transition </h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/11/07/defense-secretary-calls-calm-transition-apolitical-military-ahead-of-trump-transition.html" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Military.com</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">On the same day Donald Trump was declared the winner in the 2024 election, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sent a memo to all Defense Department personnel that promised an orderly transition to the new administration and that the military would “continue to stand apart from the political arena.” </p></td></tr><tr><td><hr style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #dddddd; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><h2 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">How to Wield Better Data in Defense </h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/category/data-in-defense/" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Air & Space Forces Magazine</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">Whether it’s perfecting supply chain logistics, sorting out the intricacies of a complex wargame, or planning key operational moves in a campaign, data holds the key to better decisions for the U.S. Air Force. Learn more about how industry and the military are better using data to improve outcomes. </p></td></tr><tr><td><hr style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #dddddd; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="https://www.afa.org/afa-warfare-symposium/" target="_blank"><img width="300" height="250" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2024/10/AWS_25_300x250.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td><hr style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #dddddd; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><h2 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">How Things Are Going with the Air Force’s Experimental NIPRGPT Chatbot </h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://defensescoop.com/2024/11/07/air-force-niprgpt-experimental-chatbot-how-things-are-going/" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">DefenseScoop</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">Five months after launching an experimental chatbot for Airmen, Guardians, civilian employees, and contractors to interact with, the Department of the Air Force is drawing some early lessons from the deployment of the generative AI technology. </p></td></tr><tr><td><hr style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #dddddd; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><h2 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">Pentagon Puts a Dent in Cyber Workforce Vacancies </h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2024/11/pentagon-puts-dent-cyber-workforce-vacancies/400932/" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Defense One</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">The Pentagon still needs nearly 30,000 cyber workers, but the number of open positions has gone down significantly since last year, defense officials said Nov. 7. “The civilian vacancy rate is now down to 16 percent—that is a 4.8 percent decrease from last year,” Mark Gorak, principal director for resources & analysis, the Pentagon’s office of the chief information officer, told reporters. </p></td></tr><tr><td><hr style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #dddddd; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><h2 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">Israel to Buy 25 F-15s, with Eyes on Long-Distance Combat Punch </h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://www.defensenews.com/global/mideast-africa/2024/11/07/israel-to-buy-25-f-15s-with-eyes-on-long-distance-combat-punch/" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Defense News</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">Israel will acquire 25 F-15IA combat jets from U.S. manufacturer Boeing for $5.2 billion, with an option to get 25 more, the Ministry of Defense announced Nov. 7. The delivery of the planes will begin in 2031, with four to six to be supplied annually.</p></td></tr><tr><td><hr style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #dddddd; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><h2 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">Air Force Fires a Commander at Montana Nuclear Missile Base After Investigation </h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-fires-commander-nuclear-missile/" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Task & Purpose</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">A colonel at a nuclear missile base whose position oversees the maintenance and accountability of nuclear weapons was relieved of command after a formal investigation, base officials told Task & Purpose. </p></td></tr><tr><td><hr style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #dddddd; margin: 1.6em 0;"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><h2 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">Former VA Secretary to Lead Trump’s Pentagon Transition Efforts </h2><p><a class="radar-link" href="https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/11/07/former-va-secretary-to-lead-trumps-pentagon-transition-efforts/" style="color: #214a86; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Military Times</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0;">Former Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie will lead Defense Department transition efforts for President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration, according to sources close to the operations. In addition to the top post at VA, Wilkie also served as the Pentagon’s top personnel official during the first Trump administration. </p></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="dark-block" style="margin: 1em 0; background: #F4F5F9;" valign="top" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="row-spacer" height="25"><td style="background: #1f2a39; border-color: #1f2a39; border-top-right-radius: 9px; border-top-left-radius: 9px;"> </td></tr><tr><td style="background: #1f2a39;" align="center"><table width="90%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><h3 style="font-size: 1em; color: #dddddd; margin: 0; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.8em; font-weight: normal">One More Thing</h3><h2 style="font-size: 1em; color: #eeeeee; margin: 0; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: 0.01em;">Here’s How to Maximize Your Free Veterans Day Food Deals </h2><p class="bodytext-radar"><a style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; color: #dddddd; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.03em; text-decoration: underline #bbbbbb solid;" href="https://www.military.com/veterans-day/how-to-maximize-your-free-veterans-day-food.html" target="_blank">Military.com</a> </p><p class="bodytext-radar" style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0; color: #eeeeee; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.01em;">Thanksgiving comes early for U.S. military veterans every year in the form of Veterans Day discounts. We just have to be proactive enough to go out and get them. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. The outpouring of free food and beverages from restaurant chains around the United States has swelled over time to include gas stations, fast-food franchises, and even grocery stores. </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class="row-spacer" height="25"><td style="background: #1f2a39; border-color: #1f2a39; border-bottom-left-radius: 9px; border-bottom-right-radius: 9px;"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="https://www.saic.com/blogs/air-force-cloud-one-3-ways-to-win-at-great-power-competition?utm_source=airandspaceforces&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=saic-cloud-one-airspace-forces-ad680x265&utm_campaign=saic-cloudone" target="_blank"><img width="680" height="265" style="margin: 0.8em 0;" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2024/10/SAIC_DR_Nov2024_680x265_F.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="padding: 1.1em 0 1em; text-align: center; background: #2d3d44;"><table width="100%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0><tbody><tr class="footer-logo"><td align="center"><img width="171" style="margin-bottom: 0.8em;" src="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/Image/ASF_mag_logo_white.png"></td></tr><tr class="footer-nav"><td align="center" style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 0.9em;"><a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/daily-report/?src=dr" style="font-size: 0.9em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Daily Report</a> | <a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/contact-us/?src=dr" style="font-size: 0.9em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Contact Us</a> | <a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/advertise/?src=dr" style="font-size: 0.9em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Advertise</a> | <a href="https://www.afa.org/join/?src=dr" style="font-size: 0.9em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Join AFA</a> | <a href="https://www.afa.org/?src=dr" style="font-size: 0.9em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Air & Space Forces Association</a> | <a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/reprint-permission/?src=dr" style="font-size: 0.9em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Reprints</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><p style="margin: 0.8em 0 0;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ASForcesMag" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn2.iconfinder.com/data/icons/social-icons-33/128/Facebook-512.png" width="33"></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ASForcesMag" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn0.iconfinder.com/data/icons/social-network-7/50/4-512.png" width="35"></a></p></td></tr><tr class="footer-small"><td align="center"><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #555555; font-size: 0.6em; margin: 0.8em 0">Published by the Air & Space Forces Association.<br/><a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/?src=dr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #214a86; font-size: 1em;" target="_blank">airandspaceforces.com</a> material is under copyright by the Air & Space Forces Association. 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Plaintext Version Air & Space Forces Magazine Daily Report for Nov. 8, 2024 View in your Web Browser: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/daily-report/20241108/?src=dr Edited by Greg Hadley with John A. Tirpak and Shaun Waterman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] https://www.aarcorp.com/en/services/government-solutions/?utm_source=Air+Space+Forces+Daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_id=Government -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editor’s Note The Daily Report will not publish Monday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day. We will back in your inbox Tuesday, Nov. 12. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What Could the Air Force Look Like Under a New Trump Administration? By John A. Tirpak What direction the Department of the Air Force will take in the second administration of President Donald Trump remains unclear, but observers expect a shift away from long-term, leap-ahead programs to “here and now” resourcing for readiness and platforms now in production like the F-35 and B-21. They also said a small bump in funding will not heal the Air Force’s long-term resourcing problems. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-second-trump-administration/?src=dr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Force Promotes Just Over 500 New Chief Master Sergeants By Greg Hadley Just over 500 senior master sergeants are getting a promotion to chief master sergeant this year, the Air Force Personnel Center announced Nov. 7, as the promotion rate held relatively steady. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-chief-master-sergeant-promotions-2024/?src=dr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] https://www.prattwhitney.com/en/products/military-engines/f135/engine-core-upgrade?utm_medium=email&utm_source=a_sf_daily_report&utm_campaign=pratt-whitney-military-engines-f135-ecu&utm_content=countless-solutions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Boost Tech Innovation, NATO Follows Path Blazed by Air Force By Shaun Waterman NATO has taken a page from the Air Force’s innovation playbook, setting up a technology accelerator and a venture fund to nurture and financially support small companies working on cutting edge technology development in critical fields. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/tech-innovation-nato-air-force/?src=dr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] https://nflsweeps.usaaevents.com/?eventid=50015092 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pentagon Plans $6 Billion in Ukraine Aid Ahead of Presidential Change By Greg Hadley President Joe Biden’s administration plans to commit some $6 billion in aid for Ukraine in the next two months before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed Nov. 7. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/pentagon-6-billion-ukraine-aid-presidential-change/?src=dr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] https://gdmissionsystems.com/products/encryption/data-at-rest-encryption/protecdar-multi-platform-encryptor-kg-204?utm_source=afa.org&utm_medium=display-advertising&utm_campaign=kg-204-campaign&utm_content=daily-report-enewsletter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radar Sweep -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Civilian Terror: Russia Hits Ukrainian Cities with Waves of Drones As Russian troops march relentlessly forward with fierce assaults in Ukraine’s east, Moscow is unleashing a different form of terror on civilians in towns and cities: a wave of long-range drone strikes that has little precedent in the 32-month-old war. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/world/europe/ukraine-russia-drones.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU4.s2RA.Ma4u7-R1VmC4&smid=url-share -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USAF Starts Study of Aeromedical Evacuation’s Future The U.S. military’s aeromedical evacuation (AE) personnel have become very specialized and good at what they do—sending a team of experts and equipment on board a flying hospital to take care of a small number of injured troops. https://aviationweek.com/defense/budget-policy-operations/usaf-starts-study-aeromedical-evacuations-future (Subscription Required) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPINION: US Air Force Hit 2024 Recruiting Goal by Meeting Americans Where They Are, Not Lowering Standards “In today’s strong economy, recruiting successfully for the all-volunteer United States Air Force means overcoming strong and persistent headwinds. The challenges aren’t hard to find. ... That reality is why we are proud that the U.S. Air Force not only met our 27,200 active duty enlisted recruiting goal for this year, opening the aperture for more high-quality recruits to join in the future, but we also achieved it ahead of schedule. This stands in stark contrast to 2023 when the Air Force missed its goal of 26,877 new recruits,” write Alex Wagner, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for manpower and reserve affairs, and Brig. Gen. Christopher R. Amrhein, commander of the Air Force Recruiting Service. https://breakingdefense.com/2024/11/us-air-force-hit-2024-recruiting-goal-by-meeting-americans-where-they-are-not-lowering-standards/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Defense Secretary Calls for Calm Transition, Apolitical Military Ahead of Trump Transition On the same day Donald Trump was declared the winner in the 2024 election, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sent a memo to all Defense Department personnel that promised an orderly transition to the new administration and that the military would “continue to stand apart from the political arena.” https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/11/07/defense-secretary-calls-calm-transition-apolitical-military-ahead-of-trump-transition.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to Wield Better Data in Defense Whether it’s perfecting supply chain logistics, sorting out the intricacies of a complex wargame, or planning key operational moves in a campaign, data holds the key to better decisions for the U.S. Air Force. Learn more about how industry and the military are better using data to improve outcomes. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/category/data-in-defense/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Advertisement ] https://www.afa.org/afa-warfare-symposium/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How Things Are Going with the Air Force’s Experimental NIPRGPT Chatbot Five months after launching an experimental chatbot for Airmen, Guardians, civilian employees, and contractors to interact with, the Department of the Air Force is drawing some early lessons from the deployment of the generative AI technology. https://defensescoop.com/2024/11/07/air-force-niprgpt-experimental-chatbot-how-things-are-going/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pentagon Puts a Dent in Cyber Workforce Vacancies The Pentagon still needs nearly 30,000 cyber workers, but the number of open positions has gone down significantly since last year, defense officials said Nov. 7. “The civilian vacancy rate is now down to 16 percent—that is a 4.8 percent decrease from last year,” Mark Gorak, principal director for resources & analysis, the Pentagon’s office of the chief information officer, told reporters. https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2024/11/pentagon-puts-dent-cyber-workforce-vacancies/400932/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Israel to Buy 25 F-15s, with Eyes on Long-Distance Combat Punch Israel will acquire 25 F-15IA combat jets from U.S. manufacturer Boeing for $5.2 billion, with an option to get 25 more, the Ministry of Defense announced Nov. 7. The delivery of the planes will begin in 2031, with four to six to be supplied annually. https://www.defensenews.com/global/mideast-africa/2024/11/07/israel-to-buy-25-f-15s-with-eyes-on-long-distance-combat-punch/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Force Fires a Commander at Montana Nuclear Missile Base After Investigation A colonel at a nuclear missile base whose position oversees the maintenance and accountability of nuclear weapons was relieved of command after a formal investigation, base officials told Task & Purpose. https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-fires-commander-nuclear-missile/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Former VA Secretary to Lead Trump’s Pentagon Transition Efforts Former Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie will lead Defense Department transition efforts for President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration, according to sources close to the operations. In addition to the top post at VA, Wilkie also served as the Pentagon’s top personnel official during the first Trump administration. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/11/07/former-va-secretary-to-lead-trumps-pentagon-transition-efforts/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One More Thing... Here’s How to Maximize Your Free Veterans Day Food Deals Thanksgiving comes early for U.S. military veterans every year in the form of Veterans Day discounts. We just have to be proactive enough to go out and get them. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. 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