ANON USAFSOC C-32B departed NAS North Island after a ground stop to Pinal Airpark, nw of Tucson AZ
It has been on the ground at Pinal for about 80 minutes
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UK PM Johnson to chair emergency response meeting on COVID travel, freight
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair an emergency response meeting on Monday to discuss international travel, in particular the flow of freight in and out of Britain, a spokeswoman for his office said on Sunday.
“The prime minister will chair a COBR (emergency response) meeting tomorrow to discuss the situation regarding international travel, in particular the steady flow of freight into and out of the UK. Further meetings are happening this evening and tomorrow morning to ensure robust plans are in place,” the spokeswoman said.
https://www.reuters.com/article/healthcoronavirus-britain-cobra/uk-pm-johnson-to-chair-emergency-response-meeting-on-covid-travel-freight-idUSS8N2HX037
COBR (COBRA)
COBR or COBRA is shorthand for the Civil Contingencies Committee that is convened to handle matters of national emergency or major disruption. Its purpose is to coordinate different departments and agencies in response to such emergencies. COBR is the acronym for Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms, a series of rooms located in the Cabinet Office in 70 Whitehall. COBR’s purpose is high-level co-ordination and decision making in the event of major or catastrophic emergencies, including natural disasters, terrorist attacks and major industrial accidents or disruption. Depending on the emergency, officials and agencies most closely involved will already be handling many of the immediate decisions – for example in a terrorist attack the emergency services and security services will already be responding, while in the event of floods or other natural disaster the Environment Agency, local authorities and emergency services will be coordinating immediate action.
The 2004 Civil Contingencies Act set out responsibilities at local, national, agency and departmental level for different kinds of emergencies. COBR’s purpose is to keep ministers appraised of the situation, to ensure that the wider response of the government is coordinated, to record and disseminate key decisions and updates to all relevant ministers and officials, and to provide ministers and the prime minister with up to date information on the situation for any decisions that they may need to make. Following the 9/11 attacks the committee was used to take the decision to immediately close UK airspace.
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https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/cobr-cobra
ANON' USAFSOC C-32B departed Pinal Airpark east after a ground stop-should be returning to Eglin AFB or perhaps a stoop off at Bragg prior