Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) has reportedly joined the push to have a squadron of eight C-17s stationed at Stewart ANGB in Newburgh, N.Y., to replace the 12 C-5As that currently are assigned to the base’s 105th Airlift Wing. The Mid-Hudson News Network reported Aug. 8 that Clinton, sent a letter on that same day to Gen. Norton Schwartz, newly confirmed to be the next Chief of Staff, urging him to consider assigning to Stewart eight of the additional 15 C-17s that the Air Force will receive with funding provided in the recently passed Fiscal 2008 war supplemental. Clinton said given that the base’s C-5As are not slated to get new engines and reliability upgrades, it would “better aid the Air Force in meeting the global challenges facing our nation” by stationing the C-17s at Stewart.
DOD Eases Mask Rules to Follow New CDC Guidance
May 14, 2021
The Defense Department will no longer require fully vaccinated personnel to wear masks at DOD facilities. The guidance applies to all those who are two weeks beyond their final dose, both inside and outside, according to a May 13 memo from Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks. The memo…