Active-duty Airmen and Guardians have until Nov. 2 to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, while members of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve have until Dec. 2. Personnel will be considered fully vaccinated two weeks after the second dose of a two-dose vaccine, ...
Senior military leaders are stepping up efforts to encourage service members to get the COVID-19 vaccine, even as the Defense Department rolls back mask mandates and other regulations put in place to stymie the spread of the virus. As of May 20, the Defense Department ...
Since U.S. forces withdrew from Somalia earlier this year, they have been “commuting to work” via aircraft to help train Somali troops, but without a ground presence there is limited intelligence understanding, the head of U.S. Africa Command told lawmakers. In December 2020, former President ...
The Pentagon has vaccinated 459,921 service members, 123,550 of whom are in the Department of the Air Force, according to new data the Defense Department is providing to the public starting April 21. As the COVID-19 vaccination effort increases, the Pentagon created a new website ...
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on April 9 announced interim steps to counter extremism in the ranks following Defense Department-wide standdowns to discuss the issue, including updating DOD guidance on what defines extremist behavior and updating questionnaires that prospective service members take. In the ...
The Defense Department has regained some lost readiness after two decades of continuous combat, but still has more work to do, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. “Nearly two decades of conflict has degraded U.S. military readiness," wrote report author Diana ...
Watch the video or read the transcript of the fireside chat with Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., Chief of Staff of the Air Force; and Mackenzie Eaglen, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, during AFA’s 2021 virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium.
Watch panelists retired Maj. Gen. Jon A. Norman, vice president of customer requirements and capabilities at Raytheon Missiles & Defense; Terri Quick, director of Air Force customer relations at Elbit Systems of America; Josh Goodman, program management lead for Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) and TurboJet ...
Watch Acting Air Force Secretary John P. Roth and retired Lt. Gen. Bruce “Orville” Wright, AFA President, participate in a fireside chat during AFA’s 2021 virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium.
Watch Scott Evers, vice president of survivability and special programs at Elbit Systems of America; Dave Robbins, director of the Leidos Innovations Center and senior vice president at Leidos; and moderator Air Force Brig. Gen. David M. Gaedecke, vice commander of Sixteenth Air Force (Air ...
Watch Air Force Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Gebara, director of strategic plans, programs, and requirements at Headquarters Air Force Global Strike Command; USAF Brig. Gen. Heath A. Collins, program executive officer for weapons and director of the Armament Directorate at the Air Force Life Cycle ...
Watch panelists Jerad Hayes, Autonomous Aviation and Technology program director at Boeing; Jackie Hoke, associate director of unmanned and advanced programs at Collins Aerospace; Darren Moe, senior director of automation, autonomy, artificial intelligence, and mission systems at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.; Jarrod M. Patton, ...