By Capt. Ieva Bytautaite, 20th Air Force Public Affairs / Published December 29, 2020
F. E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. (AFNS)
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. made calls to missileers on alert over the holidays to discuss their mission and thank them for standing watch during the
During the calls, Brown discussed the important role missile alert force Airmen play in the vital intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, mission and their incredible response to the pandemic.
“Gen. Brown was very personable,” said Capt. Zachary Todd, 741st Missile Squadron instructor,
Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. “He asked about my family and home life, specifically with regards to how COVID-19 operations have affected the holidays.”
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Not sure if this is a black swan, but I would not be surprised if the next administration kicks off an internal review of the services’ roles and responsibilities, with an eye toward reducing excessive redundancy in force structure and capabilities, Mark Gunzinger says
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Theresa Hitchens on December 28, 2020 at 1:55 PM
Airmen install a new cable run on an aging Minuteman III missile.
WASHINGTON: Budget. Budget. Budget. It’s the first word out of the mouths of analysts, former DoD officials and retired brass when asked (in a totally unscientific poll) to opine on the three major issues facing the Air Force in 2021. The tightly entangled questions of how much money will be available, how service leaders want to spend it, and what Congress will allow them to