The Air Force has some 200 airmen deployed to the Camp Lemonier in Djibouti, Africa, to support US Central Command’s Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa mission to prevent conflict and promote regional stability. The Air Force contingent last week got a visit from Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne, who called the work they do there “a tremendous benefit.”
The U.S. supports “a stronger and more capable” European defense, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said during an Oct. 22 press conference in Brussels—but that defense should not duplicate the functions and capabilities of the NATO alliance.