The Air National Guard-led 1st Air Force/Air Forces Northern, headquartered at Tyndall AFB, Fla., working with the Civil Air Patrol, has supplied aerial photography of flooding in various areas of Missouri at the state’s request, said Maj. Gen. Hank Morrow, commander of 1st AF (AFNORTH), in a March 26 release. As of early this week, CAP crews had flown about 36 hours to provide more than 100 photos of stricken areas to help local and state officials assess damage and provide relief.
The Defense Department hasn’t seen an increase in domestic violence reports among military families since the new coronavirus crisis began, despite the COVID-19 pandemic reportedly causing a spike in such activity across the globe, the head of the Pentagon’s Office of Military Family Readiness Policy told reporters Oct. 29. However,…