Samantha Shelton, 351st Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, refuels an MC-130J Commando II from the 352d Special Operations Wing over the Black Sea, July 22, 2020. Search 108th Wing: Search. In 2018, there was an internal dispute among leaders on a plan to cut 5,000 intelligence personnel within the top echelons of the ISR field by 2028. The crew is safe and no pollution has been reported. "That doesn't mean that you would get rid of the humans; you would most probably divert the human to a different task, which was more suited to having human oversight.". Air Force 1st Lt. Kenneth "Kage" Allen was killed.

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But the two technologies aren’t equivalent, and can’t be used for everything, Kanaan said. Biographies Fact Sheets Units. Skip to main content (Press Enter).

The proposed drone of the future "can get into the field in combat, land wherever it needs to, it has maps memorized about different runways and where it can taxi ... those are things that we can see coming in the very short term," Harris said. AI and automation aren't new concepts. Over 300 Jailed for Life in Turkey's 2016 Coup Trial, Prosecutors: Former Soldier Provided Support to Terrorist Group, Explosion Rocks Greek-Operated Tanker in Saudi Port, Paris Train Gunman Tells Trial He Was Looking for US Soldiers, First Soldiers Graduate Basic Training in WWII Throwback Uniform, Pilot Error Led to Fatal F-15 Crash in North Sea, Air Force Report Says, Army’s Sci-Fi Infantry Goggles Change the Mechanics of Shooting, Soldiers Say, Air Force Special Ops Must 'Ruthlessly' Cut Legacy Systems, 3-Star General Says, For Now, US Troops Won't Be Required to Get New COVID-19 Vaccine, 'Why Now?' 108th Wing Search.

The Air Force could invent a new Air Force Specialty Code, or job category, solely concentrated on emerging technologies or Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) programming, he said.

The service's think tank-like organization stood up in 2018 to analyze where it could use innovative solutions to close gaps or enhance mission sets. Work, speaking in his personal capacity to Military.com, was instrumental in promoting human-machine collaboration within the Pentagon's "Third Offset" strategy, the Defense Department's quest to develop technologies for the U.S. to exploit against adversaries like Russia and China. We have to run like we're losing.". Mike Kanaan, director of operations for AI Accelerator, the Air Force's joint venture program with Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Gen. David Harris, the director of the Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability office, known as AFWIC, said in an interview this week.

The crew is too focused on cutting the 656-foot shipwreck Golden Ray into manageable pieces to fret about carving a turkey. 301 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[]/Index[272 54]/Info 271 0 R/Length 130/Prev 389729/Root 273 0 R/Size 326/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream "We have to pursue these technologies aggressively. Follow her on Twitter at @oriana0214. "We're going to do more with people ... and be more thoughtful about what we do. Yet the deputy chief for ISR at the time compromised "to say, 'replace-slash-repurpose,'" said the general, who was involved with the discussions.

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The Pentagon has used a handful of automated systems -- including missile detection and tracking and computerized functions in its fighter jets -- for decades. Senior leaders wanted to include a reduction mandate in the service's "Next Generation Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Dominance Flight Plan," the retired general said. SUBJECT: Little Rock Air Force Base Local Leave and Pass Guidance for 19 AW Military Personnel . The pilot was asked not to be identified because they are not authorized to speak on the topic publicly. The system on board is able to understand generally where the aircraft's receptacle is based on the make of the aircraft, and can immediately hook on and begin fueling. The Defense Department is predicting flat or declining budgets in future years. SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 36-3003 24 AUGUST 2020 Personnel MILITARY LEAVE PROGRAM COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at www.e-Publishing.af.mil for downloading or ordering.

"[Even if we] assume it's getting closer and closer to that point, you still need people to do a lot more that they weren't getting [to] period, because they didn't have the ability to go process the volumes of information that were coming in.

Last month, Dr. Will Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics, revealed that the Air Force has begun drawing up plans for its next refueling tanker to have autonomous or semi-autonomous capabilities, thanks in part to efforts to fix the KC-46 Pegasus. "But in my view, we're still moving too slow," he said. "That's really difficult to replicate through autonomy.".

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After years of devoting attention to counterinsurgency conflicts, "the people making policies are viewing trades and specialties in a very traditional way," the expert said. %%EOF

A piece of that has already been demonstrated, said a former Air Force tanker pilot who now works within the defense industry. COVID-19, 20 March 2020 Department of the Air Force Memorandum (A1), Weather and Safety Leave during COVID-19 (Self-Certification guidelines), 3 April 2020 Headquarters Air Force, Civilian Force Policy Division, March 2020, Telework Fact Sheet.

Ayoub El Khazzani boarded the train concealing an AK-47 automatic rifle and 300 rounds of ammunition. Known as the Advanced Battle Management System, the state-of-the-art program focuses on fusing ISR sensor data from a variety of weapons and spacecraft anywhere in or around the world. 325 0 obj <>stream

The Air Force's largest ABMS test to date, held last month, involved U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Space Command, and included "70 industry teams, 65 government teams from every service including the Coast Guard, 35 military platforms, 30 geographic locations and four national test ranges," the service said in a release. The tech industry expert asked not to be identified. The U.S. Africa Command has seen a “definitive shift” this year in al-Shabab's focus to attack U.S. interests in the region. That means the service is racing the clock to determine how intelligence and increasingly capable machines will affect the role of humans in the ranks. The vision to expand the Air Force's operational reach through advanced autonomous systems and artificial intelligence is inching closer to reality -- and the impact of that vision will affect not only drone operations but many other fields as well. Self-directed machines are candidates for any of the mundane or risky tasks that make up much of an airman's workload, whether in engineering, security, maintenance or a spectrum of other careers. From takeoff to return, it has completed its entire mission without an active input or command from a human operator on station back in the states.

"They're not really fully understanding the fundamental sea change that's taking place with regards to the digital age.

Air Force Staff Sgt. "The Chinese and the Russians are both trying to surpass the United States, in terms of military power [with automation and] AI-enabled applications," he said. "It's going to free up humans to be more human," Kanaan said.