This week California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger asked the Pentagon to provide aircraft outfitted with Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems to help fight more than 16 wildfires that have raged across southern California, destroying nearly 700 homes and forcing hundreds of thousands to flee. The Air National Guard’s 173rd Airlift Wing at Cheyenne, Wyo., and 145th AW from Charlotte, N.C., and Air Force Reserve Command’s 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson AFB, Colo., have sent six MAFF-equipped aircraft to California.
DNI: Cyber Is The Common Weapon Among Top Adversaries
April 17, 2021
The top four U.S. adversaries—China, Russia, Iran and North Korea—are improving their military capabilities but relying increasingly on cyber means to challenge the U.S. and blunt its influence around the world, the intelligence community's annual threat assessment says. The report comes amid military tensions with both China and Russia.