During his
stop Aug. 4 at Eielson AFB, Alaska, President Bush was primed for the 354th Fighter Wing, asking up front “Iceman Team: Ready to Go?” Assembled airmen on cue replied, “At 50 below!” In his brief remarks, Bush praised the unit for “keeping us safe on the nation’s Western flank” and added, “The people in the lower 48 send their very best.” Bush, who was on his way for an eight-day tour in Asia to include a stopover at the Olympic Games in China, thanked the airmen of the 354th FW, including the 200 currently deployed, and the Alaska Air National Guard’s 168th Air Refueling Wing at Eielson, whose “contributions to Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom are significant and important.” He did not forget the soldiers of nearby Ft. Wainwright, which he said would shortly send a Stryker brigade to Iraq.
DNI: Cyber Is The Common Weapon Among Top Adversaries
April 17, 2021
The top four U.S. adversaries—China, Russia, Iran and North Korea—are improving their military capabilities but relying increasingly on cyber means to challenge the U.S. and blunt its influence around the world, the intelligence community's annual threat assessment says. The report comes amid military tensions with both China and Russia.