Air Force Magazine
Daily Report for Dec. 6, 2019
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Lawmakers Grill USAF Landlord on Reports of Fraud
By <a class="author-link" href="[link removed]">Rachel S. Cohen</a>
An official representing Air Force landlord Balfour Beatty Communities told
lawmakers Dec. 5 the company will refund performance bonuses if it finds its
employees committed fraud.
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Pentagon Considers Increasing Troop Presence in Middle East
By <a class="author-link" href="[link removed]">Brian W. Everstine</a>
The Pentagon is considering deploying additional forces to the Middle East—a
move it considers a “prudent” step to deter Iranian aggression. The
deployment would be part of a dynamic response to ongoing threats in the region,
the Defense Department's head of policy told lawmakers on Dec. 5.
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Lawmakers Reach Home Stretch for Final NDAA Negotiations
By <a class="author-link" href="[link removed]">Rachel S. Cohen</a>
The chairmen of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees are still hashing
out differences between their chambers’ versions of the fiscal 2020 defense
policy bill, offering conflicting opinions on when that work may end as their
days in session dwindle.
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Yokota Breaks Ground on New Home for Ospreys
By <a class="author-link" href="[link removed]">Brian W. Everstine</a>
The US Air Force, the US Army Corps of Engineers, and a Japanese construction
company on Dec. 5 broke ground on a new, $63 million permanent home for special
operations CV-22 Ospreys at Yokota AB, Japan. Yokota will host 10 of the
aircraft for “long-range infiltration and exfiltration missions” along with
disaster relief support, according to the 21st Special Operations Squadron.
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Awards Now Authorized for Troops Who Assisted in These Natural Disasters
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has signed off on authorization of a
new medal for US service members who deployed for and otherwise supported
several recent natural disasters. According to a Marine Corps administrative
message, the Humanitarian Service Medal—recognizing meritorious participation
during disaster relief and assistance for Typhoons Mangkhut and Yutu, which
struck Guam, the Philippines, and surrounding islands in late 2018.
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US’s Afghan Peace Envoy Makes Surprise Stop in Kabul
Washington’s special peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad was in the Afghan capital on
Dec. 4 to launch an “accelerated effort” to get Afghans on both sides of the
protracted conflict to the negotiation table to plot a roadmap to a post-war
Afghanistan. His next stop will be Doha in the Middle East where he will restart
talks with the Taliban, according to a US State Department statement.
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Air Force Official Challenges Academy Superintendent for Command Removal
Air Force Brig. Gen. Kristin Goodwin plans to go after a three-star, Lt. Gen.
Jay Silveria, superintendent of the US Air Force Academy. She said he wrongly
removed her as superintendent of cadets 30 days before the scheduled change in
command, and claimed she had a toxic leadership style.
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US Warship in Gulf Seizes Missile Parts of Suspected Iran Origin
A US Navy warship seized advanced missile parts believed to be linked to Iran
from a boat it had stopped in the Arabian Sea, US officials said on Dec. 4, as
Trump’s administration pressures Tehran to curb its activities in the region.
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Will New Plasma Thrusters Keep Next-Gen Satellites Safe?
The Air Force has hired a Michigan company to see if thrusters based on plasma
could help satellites evade incoming fire, the company announced Dec. 3.
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OPINION: Pull US Troops Out of Turkey
“Over the last several years, it has become increasingly apparent that Turkey
has operated against US interests in the Middle East and Eastern
Mediterranean,” writes retired Air Force Gen. Charles Wald, a former deputy
commander of US European Command, who currently works as a fellow at the Jewish
Institute for National Security of America Gemunder Center for Defense and
Strategy. “It hindered American military operations against ISIS in Syria, set
back progress in the long-running Cypriot peace negotiations in 2014 and 2017,
and—despite repeated warnings—purchased and received Russia’s S-400 air
defense system, which represents a grave threat to NATO and US security.”
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Though the Pentagon has acknowledged the risks posed by breathing fumes from
burn pits used to dispose of trash downrange, it can be difficult for service
members and veterans to get care based on the time they spent around them. A
pilot project from the Center for a New American Security and the Wounded
Warrior Project aims to help troops connect those dots.
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