Air Force Will Now Collect Demographic, Rank Data on Nonjudicial Punishments
Airmen eat their Thanksgiving meal at the 322nd Training Squadron Dining Facility at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Nov. 26, 2020. (U.S. Air Force/Annette Crawford)
6 Jan 2021
Are there really different spanks for different ranks? The U.S. Air Force is launching a new effort to track lesser disciplinary actions by demographic to ensure impartiality, the service announced Wednesday.
The service will collect data on how airmen and Space Force guardians who receive administrative counseling, admonishments or reprimands are treated, including a comparison based on rank, age, gender, race and ethnicity, the Air Force said in a release.
Minuteman III Missiles Are Too Old to Upgrade Anymore, STRATCOM Chief Says
An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 1:13 a.m. Pacific Time Oct. 2, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $13.3 billion contract to engineer and manufacture its next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. J.T. Armstrong)
6 Jan 2021
The aging Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles that have formed the land-based leg of the nation s nuclear deterrent triad for half a century can no longer be upgraded and require costly replacements, Adm. Charles Richard, head of U.S. Strategic Command, said Tuesday.