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Air Force report: Airmen in fatal Kuwaiti accident were not wearing helmets, seatbelts Thomas Gnau © Provided by Dayton Daily News Flowers and messages cover Senior Airman Jason Phan’s vehicle in the long-term parking lot at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., Sept. 16. Phan, a 66th Security Forces Squadron entry controller, was killed in a non-combat related accident while serving overseas, Sept. 12. (U.S. Air Force photo by Linda LaBonte Britt) An Air Force Materiel Command investigation found that none of the Airmen involved in a fatal vehicle crash in Kuwait last September...

Dutch government pledges 38 million euros to upgrade U.S. Army APS-2 site in Netherlands Dutch government pledges 38 million euros to upgrade U.S. Army APS-2 site in Netherlands U.S. Army photo by Naomi Van Loon. Dutch government pledges 38 million euros to upgrade U.S. Army APS-2 site in Netherlands EYGELSHOVEN, Netherlands -- The Netherlands Minister of Defense Ank Bijleveld announced March 24 during a press conference at the Army Prepositioned Stock-2 Eygelshoven site that the Dutch government has agreed to provide 38 million euros toward facility upgrades and new construction at the U.S. ...

Operation Warp Speed Helped Spur ‘Manufacturing Miracle’ in US WASHINGTON—Operation Warp Speed, which was forged by the Trump administration to ramp up the development, production, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, resembles the U.S. industrial mobilization effort during World War II, according to experts. Because of the partnership between the government, military, and private sector, the vaccines were delivered within a seemingly impossible timeline. Former President Donald Trump initiated the program in May 2020 with a promise to have a secure vaccine within months. Accomplishi...

By   Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on March 15, 2021 at 1:53 PM The two contenders for the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA), just one of 35 priority modernization programs: The Bell 360 Invictus (top) and the Sikorsky Raider-X (bottom) WASHINGTON: Officials from across the Army are thrashing out how to field a host of new weapons to combat units without disrupting readiness and training. “We’re conducting rock drills right now,” said Lt. Gen. Thomas Todd, head of acquisition for Army Futures Command. “And it really has to do with, not just what we can afford to do, b...

  The M109A6 Paladin 155 mm along with the M992A2 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle (FAASV) provides the primary indirect-fire support to Armored Brigade Combat Teams (ABCT), Infantry Brigade Combat Teams and Stryker Brigade Combat Teams. Like the earlier M109 models, the M109A6 Paladin is a fully tracked, armored vehicle. The M109A6 Paladin configuration was achieved through modifications to earlier-built M109A2 and A3 vehicle hulls and the introduction of an entirely new cab and cannon assembly. By Cameron Porter, 405th AFSB The 405th Army Field Support Brigade’s Army Field Suppo...