Air Force Magazine
Daily Report for Oct. 14, 2020

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Edited by Amy McCullough with Rachel S. Cohen and Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory

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Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile Becomes High-Priority USAF Project
By Rachel S. Cohen

The Air Force is moving forward with a new Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile as
one of its top two hypersonic weapons programs, Weapons Program Executive
Officer Brig. Gen. Heath Collins said in a recent interview. The service has
discussed similar efforts underway in its hypersonic portfolio but has not yet
named HACM as a central project. HACM is envisioned for use in conventional
strike weapons on fighter and bomber aircraft, according to the Air Force
Research Laboratory.


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Congress Approves Extra Funds for Some Aerospace Programs
By Rachel S. Cohen

Lawmakers have approved a slew of funding shifts the Pentagon requested in June
to pay officers, avoid hiring freezes in the Department of the Air Force, and
set up U.S. Space Command, among other priorities. The Defense Department
routinely asks the House and Senate Appropriations and Armed Services committees
to let the military move money between accounts in a process known as
reprogramming. This omnibus reprogramming request looked to shuffle more than $2
billion in fiscal 2019 and 2020 dollars.

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Air Force Creates Suicide Prevention Training for Families
By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory

The Department of the Air Force has released its first-ever video-based suicide
prevention training for USAF and Space Force families. The online course,
entitled “Equipping Family Members to Help Airmen in Distress,” educates
viewers on different ways they can intervene and how to access resources at
their disposal, according to a release. The course is meant to piggyback off of
last year’s Resilience Tactical Pause, which aimed to give units across the
Total Force a chance to halt operations, check in on their Airmen, and address
issues of suicide prevention and resilience in the wake of record-high suicides
among service members.

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European Leaders Urge US to Extend New START
By Amy McCullough

Leaders from 20 European nations are calling on the United States to extend the
New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, commonly referred to as New START, saying
the agreement has “directly contributed” to the stabilization of European
security. New START, which is slated to expire on Feb. 5, 2021, “is the only
remaining agreement that limits the nuclear forces of the United States of
America and the Russian Federation,” states the Oct. 13 letter, addressed to
the chairs and ranking members of the Senate and House Armed Services and
Foreign Affairs Committees.

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Virtual Events: USSF’s Saltzman on Mitchell’s Space Power Forum, and More
By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory

On Oct. 16, the Air Force Association's Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
will host a Space Power Forum featuring Space Force Deputy Chief of Space
Operations for Operations, Cyber, and Nuclear Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman. The
think tank will tentatively post event video on its <a
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Radar Sweep

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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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DOD Awards $481M OTA to Increase Domestic Production Capacity of Point-of-Care Testing

The Defense Department, on behalf of the Health and Human Services Department,
awarded an Other Transaction Agreement to Cue Health Inc. of San Diego, Calif.,
to expand U.S. production capacity of point-of-care COVID-19 tests, increasing
production to 100,000 COVID-19 test kits per day by March 2021.

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Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With Joint Chiefs Of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley

In an interview on Oct. 11 with National Public Radio’s Steve Inskeep,
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark A. Milley took questions
about his time in quarantine, the military's role in potential election
disputes, the war in Afghanistan, and more.

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New ODIN Hardware Destined to Host F-35’s ALIS Replacement Successfully Tested at MCAS Yuma

The F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, in partnership with Lockheed Martin,
achieved a major milestone in the path to dump the ALIS (Autonomic Logistics
Information System) centralized support system and replace it with ODIN.

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NatSec AI Commission Urges New Vice President-Led Council

A new Technology Competitiveness Council led by the vice president is needed to
spur the rapid proliferation of AI capabilities across America to outpace China,
says the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.

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ULA’s Tory Bruno Argues for US Investments in Fuel Production in Space

The idea that rocket propellants could be made from lunar ice is not new. But
the U.S. government should now consider doing that at scale in order to
stimulate the space economy and enable human life on the moon and Mars, said
United Launch Alliance President and CEO Tory Bruno.

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‘The Space Report’ Finds Commercial Space Revenue Climbs to $336.89B in 2019

In the newest quarterly issue of The Space Report, the Space Foundation
announced that space investment in the third quarter of 2020 gained strength
with more than $6 billion gained through acquisitions, buyouts, and private
equity financing.

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StormBreaker Mini Glide Bomb That Can Hit Moving Targets in Any Weather Is Ready for War

Now that it has been approved for fielding, U.S. Air Force F-15E squadrons
downrange will be the first to carry the precision weapons on combat sorties.

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Marine Corps Creates New MOS for MQ-9 Reaper Pilots

The Marine Corps has created a new military occupational specialty, or MOS: the
7318 for MQ-9 Reaper pilots, according to an administrative message signed Oct.
9. The new MOS was created as the Corps looks to expand its unmanned
capabilities as it looks toward a war with China.

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Chief of Naval Operations Outlines Future for Drones, Minicarriers

The fleet may need fewer large aircraft carriers but more ships that can carry
aircraft.

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One More Thing...
Here's Your 2021 Military Retiree and VA Disability Pay Raise

Military retirees, those who receive disability or other benefits from the
Veterans Affairs Department, federal retirees and Social Security recipients
will see a 1.3 percent increase in their monthly checks for 2021. The annual
Cost Of Living Allowance is slightly less than the 1.6 percent increase from
last year but in line with the historical increases seen over the last 10 years.

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