Air Force Magazine
Daily Report for Sept. 3, 2020

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Edited by Amy McCullough with Rachel S. Cohen, Brian W. Everstine, Tobias Naegele and Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory

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CSAF Helps Dedicate AFA’s New Doolittle Leadership Center
By Tobias Naegele

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. brought his message of
“Accelerate change or lose” to the dedication of the Air Force
Association’s Doolittle Leadership Center on Sept. 2. “The Doolittle
Leadership Center is a perfect environment to foster that renewed focus for all
who bleed blue," Brown said. AFA President retired Lt. Gen. Bruce “Orville”
Wright said the center will become a “cauldron of creativity and
collaboration” and “a place to bring together the best military, industry,
and research community talent and expose them to new ideas as they get to know
and trust each other, expanding imaginations and horizons across the national
security community.”

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Soofer: No New ‘Tactical’ Nukes for USAF
By Rachel S. Cohen

The Air Force doesn’t need to grow its stockpile of “tactical” nuclear
weapons to complement the Navy’s newly deployed submarine-launched W76-2
warhead, the Pentagon’s top nuclear policy official indicated Sept. 2. “The
Air Force is doing more than its fair share in this area,” Robert Soofer,
deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense policy,
said during a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies event. “I don't think
they need to do anything more.” Two future USAF systems, the B61-12 bomb and
the Long-Range Standoff Weapon, will already offer “low-yield” options, or
20 kilotons or less, as well as bigger blasts.

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South Korea Bases Brace for Typhoon Maysak
By Brian W. Everstine

U.S. Air Force bases in South Korea closed or limited operations as Typhoon
Maysak hit the country early Sept. 3 local time, bringing high winds and heavy
rains shortly after grazing bases in Japan. Kunsan Air Base announced at about 3
a.m. that it was in a Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness 1 Emergency, with
wind gusts of more than 69 miles per hour. Osan Air Base, which is located
further north, near Seoul, was also at TCCOR 1 with delayed reporting for Sept.
3. Typhoon Maysak moved toward South Korea with the power equivalent to a
Category 4 hurricane, with peak winds of about 130 miles per hour, though it was
expected to weaken.

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Lockheed, York Win Contracts for First SDA Satellites
By Rachel S. Cohen

A high-profile effort to spread thousands of satellites close to Earth for
better communications, missile tracking, and more is getting underway with
contracts to Lockheed Martin and York Space Systems. The Space Development
Agency on Aug. 31 awarded $187.5 million to Lockheed and $94 million to York for
10 small test satellites apiece as part of “Tranche 0” of SDA’s low Earth
orbit proliferation plan. Satellites are slated to begin launching in 2022. They
are the first batch in SDA’s “transport layer” of data-sharing satellites
that will pass targeting and tracking data and other communications down to
military personnel on Earth.

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National Guard Takes Cyber Shield 2020 Online Due to COVID-19
By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory

The National Guard will conduct the 2020 edition of its annual Cyber Shield
Exercise completely online in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The mission
of Cyber Shield is to develop, train, and exercise cyber forces in the areas of
computer network internal defensive measures and cyber incident response,”
National Guard Bureau spokesperson Wayne V. Hall wrote in an Aug. 31 email to
reporters. The exercise, slated for Sept. 12-27, is projected to include over
800 Guard personnel from at least 41 states and the District of Columbia, plus
U.S. government and private sector partners, according to Illinois National
Guard spokesperson Lt. Col. Brad Leighton. Most Guard personnel will participate
remotely, with Microsoft Teams being the main platform used during the exercise.


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Virtual Events: Spain on Mitchell Institute’s ‘Aerospace Nation,’ and More
By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory

On Sept. 8, the Air Force Association's Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
will host Brig. Gen. Adrian L. Spain, director of plans, programs, and analyses
at U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa on the latest installment of
its “Aerospace Nation” series. Event video will tentatively be posted to the
think tank's <a
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Radar Sweep

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Register Now for Virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference

The Air Force Association's annual Air, Space & Cyber Conference kicks off Sept.
14 with Air Force Secretary Barbara M. Barrett and Chief of Staff Gen. Charles
Q. Brown Jr. The annual conference, which will be held virtually this year for
the first time, runs through Sept. 16. Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W.
“Jay” Raymond speaks on Tuesday, Sept. 15. Conference attendance is free for
military members and defense civilians, and rates for industry participants are
discounted for AFA members (and from traditional rates for in-person
participants). Registration is open now and space is limited, so early
registration is encouraged.

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Snapshot: DOD and COVID-19

Here's a look at how the Defense Department is being impacted by and responding
to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Next Major Battlefield Threat Facing US Troops May Be Undetectable

As the world contends with the COVID-19 pandemic, civilian and U.S. military
experts alike are voicing worries that combat units are ill-equipped to detect
powerful new bioweapons that are likely to become a reality on the future
battlefield.

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The Services Have Work to Do When It Comes to Unconscious Bias, SecDef Says

When Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper sits down to talk with troops about racial
insensitivity in the military, he said, the biggest issue they call out is the
unintended discrimination and insensitivity they face from other service
members.

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Test Launch Demonstrates Safe, Ready Minuteman III Deterrent

A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman
III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle on
the morning of Sept. 2 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The test
demonstrates that the United States’ nuclear deterrent is safe, secure,
reliable, and effective to deter 21st century threats and reassure our allies.

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Air Force Revitalizing Security Forces

The Air Force recently completed the tracking and identification of its final
action item for an initiative to ensure the service’s security forces are
trained and equipped, according to a top service official.

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DHA Launches New Air Force Military Hospital and Clinic Websites

On Sept. 1, the Defense Health Agency launched 74 new military hospital and
clinic Air Force websites­—an important milestone in the effort to modernize
the web presence of all military medical treatment facilities. Each website
transitioned to the TRICARE domain to provide a standardized patient experience
across the Military Health System.

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Senators to Esper: Reverse Your Decision to Kill Stars and Stripes

A group of senators wants to reinstate funding for Stars and Stripes, the
military's newspaper for service members, as the organization faces being
totally defunded before the year is out. The bipartisan group, led by Sen.
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), on Sept. 2 sent a letter to Defense Secretary Mark
T. Esper to preserve the "historically significant publication," which only
requires "a tiny fraction" of the Defense Department's annual budget, according
to the lawmakers.

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One More Thing...
Microscopes Powered by Google’s AI Could Change Cancer Diagnostics

A Defense Department pilot program could help make artificial intelligence
useful not just to researchers but to physicians.

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