Daily Report

Oct. 20, 2014

Ebola Scare at Pentagon was False Alarm

Arlington County health officials said they are “confident” a woman who became ill in the Pentagon parking lot Friday morning “does not have Ebola,” according to a statement issued Oct. 17. Officials closed the south parking lot and second corridor...

Last EOD Airmen Home from Afghanistan

Back at home station with the last of the explosive ordnance disposalairmen who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, MSgt. John McCoy can remember how it started, 13 years and 55,000 missions ago, and how their living conditions and equipment improved....

The “Timorous Use of Air Power” in Syria

As a debate rages over the effectiveness of the air campaign against ISIS extremists in Iraq and Syria, an analysis by a prominent national security think tank looked at the sharp difference in the number of strike sorties in the...

Austin: ISIS Does Not Pose Threat to Baghdad Airport

Despite terrorist attacks in the Baghdad suburbs and clashes in cities such as Ramadi, US Central Command boss Army Gen. Lloyd Austin told Pentagon reporters on Friday that military assessments have not detected an “appreciable increase” in ISIS’ presence in...

First Total Force Class Graduates OTS

In a major step toward the goal of engraining the Total Force concept into its leaders, the Air Force Officer Training School conducted its first graduation ceremony incorporating Active Duty, Reserve, and Air National Guard trainees. The Oct. 10 ceremony...

Scientific Advisory Board 2015 Study Topics Released

Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh have tasked the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board to study three topics in 2015. They include, “cyber vulnerabilities of embedded systems in air and space systems; enhanced...