Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska offered “a little history” about a Nixon-era Presidential order that mandates there will always be a three-star Air Force general in the state of Alaska, and then challenged the Air Force leadership on their plans to eliminate various lieutenant general slots under guise of a command restructure. Speaking specifically about one in Alaska and one in Hawaii, Stevens asserted, “If that happens, you’re going to have war.” The Air Force does plan to cut about 30 general officer slots, but Chief of Staff Moseley assured the senior Senator that “There’s no intent in this to take down 11th Air Force or the lieutenant general in Alaska.” Whoooeee.
In AI Experiment, UK and US Simulate Adjacent Operations
Oct. 20, 2021
Held an ocean apart but simulating adjacent military forces, a virtual demonstration Oct. 18 gave the U.K. and U.S. militaries cause to project optimism over someday jointly adopting artificial intelligence “that can learn in the field.” The test represented “just the first step” on the way to an “experimental trial…