Lawmakers Question Organizational Overlap in Space Overhaul
House Armed Services Committee members on Wednesday questioned how the various services’ space assets will fit together and whether creating new space organizations like the Space Development Agency will render existing agencies useless, including the Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center. The SDA has started work with its director and a small staff to create a constellation of sensors in low-earth orbit. Read the full story by Rachel S. Cohen.
NATO Secretary General Praises Alliance With US, Plays Down Disputes
Turkey: S-400 is a “Done Deal,” But That Shouldn’t Impact F-35 Participation
Boeing Evacuates KC-46 Workers
MDA Boss: Successful “Salvo” Test Makes Enemy Plans Ineffective
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Air Force Operator to Receive Silver, Bronze Star for Same Deployment
The U.S. Air Force will award a special tactics airman two medals for valor for separate missions in Afghanistan in which he risked his life to save others. TSgt. Cam Kelsch, a tactical air control party operator assigned to the 17th Special Tactics Squadron, 24th Special Operations Wing, will receive the Silver Star and Bronze Star with “V” device in a ceremony at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Pooler, Georgia, on April 9, Air Force Special Operations Command announced Tuesday. Military.com
A-10 Warthog Squadron Receives Rare Award for Extraordinary Heroism in Syria
Members of the 74th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron were accustomed to the conflict conditions of Afghanistan, in which airstrikes aren’t often carried out in close quarters. Military.com
Turkish Pilots Will Keep Training on F-35s in Arizona, Despite Possibly Being Cut From the Program
Turkish pilots will continue training on the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter out at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, even though the Pentagon suspended deliveries of F-35 equipment to Turkey over the country’s acquisition of a Russian missile defense system. Air Force Times
Pentagon Pursues Drone-Fired Lasers to Destroy Nuclear-Armed ICBMs
The Missile Defense Agency is engineering air-launched, high-powered, long-range laser weapons to destroy attacking nuclear-armed Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles during launch and even as they travel through space- bringing new levels of offensive and defensive layered firepower to existing missile defense technologies. Defense Maven
Satellite Photos Show Chinese Anti-Satellite Laser Base
Images also reveal work on EMP and electronic warfare weaponry. Commercial satellite images have provided the first photographs of a secret Chinese anti-satellite laser base in western Xinjiang province, along with other high-technology weapons facilities. Free Beacon
TV Stars to Help Promote Air Force Resiliency
A series of six public service announcements featuring big name television stars will be released beginning mid-April as part of an Air Force-wide effort to encourage Airmen to seek help when in need. Air Force Materiel Command News
One More Thing …
This Roman Soldier’s 1,900-Year-Old Payslip Confirms the Green Weenie is Immortal.
A 1,900-year-old scrap of papyrus proves that while warfare may change, the bureaucratic bullshit that comes with military life does not. Task and Purpose