A team effort between the Air Force Space Command and the Air Force Reserve Command is taking a new look at the way individual mobilization augmentees train. At Patrick AFB, Fla., recently more than 200 IMAs completed more than 20 hours of training and readiness requirements that they normally would have had to set up and accomplish individually over the course of a year. The joint program, says officials, is a first for IMAs. (Read more here.)
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III hosted his second Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in a virtual format May 23, drawing 47 nations that back Ukraine’s fight against Russia but leaving questions about when the war might end. New coastal defense systems and more artillery, armor, and tanks were highlighted…