California’s state fire marshal, Kate Dargan, stated publicly last week that she had “never seen a combined state and federal response like we saw this go-round,” in which US Northern Command played a key role. Sgt. 1st Class Gail Braymen reports that Dargan said NORTHCOM officials “never gave a bureaucratic answer;” instead they “never said no,” figuring out how to provide whatever the state requested. She went on to say, that NORTHCOM and California are “sophisticated responders, and we can partner in a way that will set models for the rest of the country.”
B-21 Raider First Flight Now Postponed to 2023
May 20, 2022
The Air Force says the B-21 Raider won't make its first flight until 2023; about a six-month delay from the last official estimates. No reason was given for the delay. While other programs have recently chalked up schedule slips to supply chain and labor shortages, the Air Force has said…