![]() Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), a lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard who flies the RC-26, wrote in an Air Force Times op-ed that the plane is the service’s only aircraft that can perform counter-drug and border security for state and federal partners. The bill similarly protects the RC-26B, telling the Air Force it can’t spend money to “retire, divest, realign,” or put the fleet in storage or in the backup inventory until the service secretary sends a report to Congress. The platforms are based at Offutt AFB, Neb. Rivet Joints, Combat Sents, and Cobra Balls are part of a class of specialized ISR platforms that could be vulnerable to enemy air defenses in a future conflict, and officials have debated the merits of keeping the jets versus looking to get those same capabilities in new ways as part of the Advanced Battle Management System project or something similar. The language doesn’t apply to RC-135s that can no longer fly because they are too damaged or expensive to repair. 9, lawmakers blocked the Air Force from spending money to retire or prepare to retire any RC-135s until 60 days after the Defense Secretary tells Congress that other technologies can match the plane’s capabilities and that those tools provide what global combatant commanders need for indications and warning, intelligence preparation, and support to airstrikes and other kinetic and non-kinetic operations. In the bipartisan, bicameral compromise version of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act released Dec. Its cameras and communications equipment also assist with disaster response, maritime patrol, and more. U.S.Two Air Force intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft escaped the chopping block in the joint, draft fiscal 2020 defense policy bill, but the aircraft are still under congressional scrutiny.Īt issue are the RC-135, a small fleet with multiple varieties of planes used to gather information on things like electromagnetic signals and ballistic missile launches and the RC-26, a niche Air National Guard aircraft that helps track suspects in civilian and military missions such as counter-drug cases. The team is working to protect these values. This unified team recognizes that every home and acre across the landscape has value to the community. ![]() This team continues working closely with the Curry County Sheriff's Office and local emergency personnel and cooperators. Forest Service, Oregon Department of Forestry and Coos Forest Protection Association. The Chetco Bar Fire is operating under a unified command structure that includes Oregon State Fire Marshal, U.S. For more info about air quality, please visit Highway 101 will continue to have limited visibility due to sea fog this morning transitioning to smoke midday. Smoke impacts and haze will increase today along the coast in the Gold Beach and Brookings-Harbor region due to northeast winds transporting smoke to the southwest. The Red Cross is continuing to staff an emergency evacuation shelter at Riley Creek Elementary at 94350 6th St. Residents in the level 2 evacuation area are advised to remain prepared to leave the area at a moment's notice, while residents in the Level 3 evacuation area are advised to stay out of the area completely. Level 2 and 3 evacuations remain in effect. ![]() The team will use helicopters and air tankers as weather allows. Firefighters have been preparing for this change in weather by building direct fire line and contingency lines on the south and southwestern portions of the fire and increasing the number of structural firefighting resources to assist with structure protection. The locally-known “Chetco Wind” is expected over the fire area beginning tonight, creating gusty Northeast winds and causing a drop in relative humidity and much warmer temperatures through Saturday. Total personnel fighting the fire is 1,174.įirefighters continued to make progress yesterday and last night, building direct fire line and indirect contingency line on the south and southwestern flank of the fire using hand crews, dozers and helicopter bucket drops.Crews continued to improve defensible space, prepping structures and setting up sprinkler systems around homes. The fire is burning in steep, rugged terrain and is still about 5.2 miles northeast of Brookings, Oregon. English: The Chetco Bar Fire is at 102,333 acres with no containment.
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