Air Force Magazine
Daily Report for Dec. 21, 2020

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Edited by Amy McCullough with Rachel S. Cohen, Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory and John A. Tirpak

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‘Guardians’ of the Galaxy: Space Force Members Get New Name
By Rachel S. Cohen

Space Force members will be known as “Guardians” from now on, Vice President
Michael R. Pence announced Dec. 18. “Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and
Guardians will be defending our nation for generations to come,” he said at a
Dec. 18 White House ceremony celebrating the Space Force’s Dec. 20 birthday.
As the Space Force turns 1 year old, abandoning the moniker of “Airman” is
one of the most prominent moves made so far to distinguish space personnel from
the Air Force they came from.

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Roper Says USAF’s Software Factories Need Inside Defense Against Hacking
By John A. Tirpak

The Air Force's in-house software factories have become hacking targets because
they are accelerating the service's fielding of new capabilities, and must be
defended as the "crown jewels" they are. The Pentagon needs to apply
"Zero-Trust" technology in its data systems, not only keeping hackers out, but
having a way to deal with the aftermath once they inevitably get in, Air Force
acquisition chief Will Roper said Dec. 18

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Here’s How ‘Vanguard’ Programs Could Stay for Good
By Rachel S. Cohen

The Air Force’s science advisers say the service needs to make its approach to
cutting-edge “Vanguard” programs more concrete and repeatable—and to ditch
them when things don’t work out. USAF leaders asked the Air Force Scientific
Advisory Board to grade how the Vanguard concept is doing so far in a brief
study earlier this year. The panel published its findings this month. Three of
the six recommendations are aimed at improving the initiative now, while the
rest are intended to enshrine Vanguards in the Air Force science and technology
world over time.

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Lakenheath Airman Recognized for Leading Through Combat and COVID-19
By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory

The Air Force Weapons School has recognized Capt. Woodruff “Thunder”
Johnson, an F-15E Weapons Officer assigned to the 494th Fighter Squadron at RAF
Lakenheath, U.K., with its 2020 Robbie Risner Award. The annual award—whose
namesake, Brig. Gen. James Robinson “Robbie” Risner, was the first living
service member to receive the Air Force Cross—recognizes the Weapons School
alumnus who makes the greatest contribution to USAF’s combat capability in the
year following his or her graduation from the elite institution. In this case,
it recognized Johnson's leadership from the time he departed Nellis in the
pre-pandemic days of 2019 through June 2020.

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Virtual Events: USSPACECOM’s Leonard on Mitchell’s Space Power Forum
By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory

On Dec. 21 at 11 a.m. EST, the Air Force Association's Mitchell Institute will
host a Space Power Forum featuring USAF Brig. Gen. Brook J. Leonard, U.S. Space
Command chief of staff, at 11 a.m. EST. As one of the key players in the
development of this “new” COCOM and the U.S. military’s space enterprise
writ large, Leonard will discuss key issues confronting USSPACECOM, including
competition in space, partnering with commercial industry, and the Space
Force’s relationship with the Intelligence Community in addition to other
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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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Fewer Military Recruits Dropped Out of Boot Camp in 2020. Here's Why

Military entry-level training, like most things in 2020, has been anything but
normal this year.

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‘It’s Going to Take a Lot of Digging’: The Pentagon’s Long Search to See If Anyone’s Hiding in Its Networks

The military and intelligence community is scrambling to conduct a daunting hunt
across disconnected networks to assess potential damage from an extensive
federal cybersecurity breach by suspected Russian hackers.

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Amid Massive Hack, Lawmakers Urge Trump to Sign Defense Bill with New Cybersecurity Legislation

As the government scrambles to understand the widening compromise, legislation
to shore up the nation’s cyber defenses sits unsigned on the President’s
desk.

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Air Force Opened Criminal Probe after a Lockheed F-35 Grounding

Air Force and Pentagon investigators opened a criminal probe of Lockheed Martin
Corp. in 2016 over faulty coolant line tubing inside F-35 jets after 57 were
either temporarily grounded or required production line fixes, according to
officials confirming the previously undisclosed inquiry.

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Tensions Flare Between Pentagon, Biden Team over Transition Meetings

The tension between the Trump administration and President-elect Joe Biden's
team spilled out into the open on Dec. 18, as officials traded accusations over
the status of a series of Defense Department transition meetings that a Biden
spokesperson called "invaluable" for national security.

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Statement on New Appointments to the Defense Science Board

Today, the Department of Defense announced that Acting Secretary Chris Miller
intends to appoint former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower &
Reserve Affairs Tidal McCoy and former NASA Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit
to the Defense Science Board.

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General Charles Q. Brown, Jr. Named 2020 Great American Patriot Award Recipient

Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, has been chosen
as the recipient of the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl Great American Patriot
Award. Presented annually by Armed Forces Insurance at the Lockheed Martin Armed
Forces Bowl, the Great American Patriot Award honors a candidate in recognition
of their exemplary service to the United States.

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Body Armor Designed for Women Comes to Wyoming’s F.E. Warren

Female security forces Airmen at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., on Dec. 11
became some of the first to start using new body armor designed to fit women.

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DOD Back on the Road to Outsourcing the Management of Military Moves

Following a heavily contested contract awarded earlier this year, U.S.
Transportation Command is now reviewing several revised proposals for a new
contract to manage household goods moves worldwide, officials said. Bidders
submitted revised proposals by Dec. 2; the contract is expected to be awarded in
June, said André Kok, spokesperson for TRANSCOM.

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When Fixing Navy Readiness Problems, Money Helps. But So Does Data.

Bigger maintenance budgets over the last few years have helped, but money
isn’t everything. The Navy is trying to innovate its way out of the readiness
problem too, and with some success, thanks to a combination of processes
borrowed from the commercial airline industry, data analytics, and emerging
technologies like artificial intelligence.

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SPONSORED—VIDEO: 4 Principles of Agile JADC2 Development

Innovation has always been a hallmark of the U.S. Air Force. But with the
accelerating pace of technology development, the service needs a new approach to
modern design to make the latest technologies profoundly more accessible.

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One More Thing...
‘Wise Guy’ Is Back! Regenerated After 10 Years at the ‘Boneyard,’ B-52H Flies Again

“Wise Guy”, the B-52H Stratofortress bomber tail number 60-034, is preparing
to return to service with the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, N.D. The
aircraft was filmed flying from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., where the aircraft
had arrived on April 1 to undergo programmed depot maintenance at the Oklahoma
City Air Logistics Complex.

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