April 10, 2024 Support to Ukraine Also Serves U.S. Interests, Wallander Tells Congress Ukraine is battling for its life as Russia continues its unprovoked war on the nation and it's in the United States' interest that Russia does not succeed, the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs told lawmakers.
April 9, 2024 DOD Has Seen 'Huge' Increase in Military Sales Since Ukraine Invasion Last year, the Defense Department set a record for sales of military equipment and hardware, especially among European partners and allies, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency director said.
April 9, 2024 Brown: DOD FY25 Budget Request Aligns With Message to Joint Force The chairman's message focuses on three expectations: giving primacy to the honing of warfighting skills; modernizing the joint force and leading aggressively with new concepts and approaches; and recognizing trust as the foundation of the military profession.
April 9, 2024 Kendall, Allvin, Saltzman urge modernization while warning Senate of delayed budgets Kendall, Allvin and Saltzman’s official purpose during the hearing was to explain the department’s $217.5 billion budget request for the 2025 fiscal year which begins Oct. 1.
April 9, 2024 Ukraine Aid Vital to National, Global Security, Austin Says Without security assistance, Ukraine won't be able to resupply the much-needed air defense systems that it needs to protect its people, and its other defense capabilities would atrophy, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said.
April 8, 2024 BLUE: The Call to Change In this edition of BLUE, we take a look at how the Air Force is changing to meet the challenge of Reoptimizing for Great Power Competition. From how the service is structured to how service members will be trained and deployed, we examine what’s driving change, and how it impacts people.
April 5, 2024 Fluorine-free foam flows to Air Force bases as DoD removes PFAS from firefighting activities Department of the Air Force installation fire departments are replacing current stocks of aqueous film forming foam, or AFFF, in fire and emergency services vehicles with a fluorine-free formulation as part of a Defense Department-wide effort to remove PFAS from firefighting activities.
April 5, 2024 Around the Air Force: Wearable Cooling System, WAGGI Survey, Specialized Drones Tested at Travis AFB In this week’s look around the Air Force, a cooling system combats heat stress for warfighters, a WAGGI survey goes out to thousands of DAF employees, and an autonomous response system is tested for command and control of unmanned vehicles. (Hosted by Staff Sgt. Kahdija Slaughter)
April 4, 2024 Austin Calls for 'Rapid Increase' of Aid Into Gaza Through All Crossings Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant about the ongoing conflict in Gaza, Israeli efforts to ensure the defeat of Hamas and the need to secure the release of all hostages.
April 2, 2024 Wing members selected for colonel promotion Congratulations to the following 315th Airlift Wing members who have been selected for promotion to colonel during the Calendar Year 2023 Colonel Promotion Board.