The Air & Space Brief: B-21 details & a new C-130 revealed; New Space Force uniforms; Drone strike investigator named
By Tara Copp
Senior Pentagon Reporter, Defense One
September 21, 2021
Welcome to the Defense One Air and Space newsletter. Here are our top stories of the week:
New Space Duds: Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond introduced the male and female Space Force dress uniform prototypes at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space, and Cyber conference Tuesday. The uniform includes a dark blue jacket with six buttons—one for each of the service branches—and grey pants. Raymond told the audience the Space Force “will take comments and tweaks” over the next couple of months, then put the uniforms into testing.
China First Strike Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told reporters at the Air, Space, and Cyber conference that China’s pursuit of silo-based intercontinental ballistic missiles would mean the nation would have a “de-facto” first strike capability soon. Kendall used the ICBMs as one of several examples of why the Air Force is largely focused on countering China now.
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/09/air-space-brief-b-21-details-new-c-130-revealed-new-space-force-uniforms-drone-strike-investigator-named/185492/
