Sept. 1, 2020 AFIMSC provides AF with innovative post-COVID workspace options The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is providing the Air Force with innovative solutions for teleworking in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Aug. 28, 2020 Operation Warp Speed More Than Halfway to Enrolling Participants in Vaccine Trials Operation Warp Speed is the program designed to find a vaccine for COVID-19 before the end of the year and to quickly get a vaccine out to Americans by January 2021.
Aug. 21, 2020 Acquisition Enterprise Capabilities to Continue Post Pandemic Meeting the needs of a nation in crisis is at the heart of the acquisition enterprise that will endure post pandemic, a Defense Department official said.
Aug. 14, 2020 DOD Official Discusses Conditions-Based Reopenings, Future of Telework Conditions-based reopenings have worked well for the Defense Department to date, and the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness anticipates the same stringent requirements will remain in place.
Aug. 3, 2020 Coping with COVID: An Air Force Podcast In this episode of An Air Force Podcast, we look into how the renewed focus on Squadrons has prepared and supported Airmen and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
July 30, 2020 DOD Medical Officials Outline COVID-19 Testing Approach The Defense Department has greatly increased its COVID-19 testing capacity since March, the DOD lead for COVID-19 testing said.
July 20, 2020 Travis AFB conducts first Indo-Pacific aeromedical evacuation mission for COVID-19 This aeromedical evacuation mission marks the first operational employment of the Transport Isolation System in support of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility. It is the 18th employment of the TIS since its first operational use for COVID-19 April 10.
July 10, 2020 Senior Air Force, Army officers outline practices protecting recruits from coronavirus Air Force Maj. Gen. Andrea D. Tullos, commander, Second Air Force, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, and Army Maj. Gen. Lonnie G. Hibbard told reporters during a virtual news conference from the Pentagon that training goals are being met and that, to date, only about 2% of the tens of thousands
July 8, 2020 Pandemic Revealed Supply Chain Vulnerability, Pentagon Official Says One of the biggest lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic is that the supply chain is vulnerable to offshore suppliers, particularly adversaries such as China, a senior Pentagon official said.
July 7, 2020 Urgent Acquisition Effort Provides Safe COVID-19 Patient Transport in 95 Days The Air Force, Air Mobility Command and U.S. Transportation Command have a new capability to bring large numbers of COVID-19 patients home via airlift without putting associated flight crews at risk — and the solution arrived quicker than expected.