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SecAF, CSAF, CMSAF begin Indo-Pacific trip focused on ACE

April 3, 2024

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin, and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Flosi began a week-long tour of the U.S. Pacific Air Forces area of responsibility at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam April 1-2.

The senior leaders are travelling across the Indo-Pacific region to witness firsthand the progress the service has achieved in establishing Agile Combat Employment, an operational scheme of maneuver to increase survivability and available combat power.

“Our readiness in this region and our ability to deter aggression here is my primary focus as secretary,” Kendall said. “Nearly three years ago, I entered office deeply concerned about the security challenges inherent in the Pacific. The rapid buildup of the Chinese military is the defining challenge we face. Our Airmen and Guardians based in the Pacific are critical members of the Joint Force and we need to support them with everything they need to succeed. This trip will allow Department of the Air Force senior leadership to assess our progress in-person and thank all those who serve for the common purpose of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.”

The initial stop of the trip included individual meetings with Navy Adm. John Aquilino, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and Gen. Kevin Schneider, PACAF commander, to discuss how the U.S. Air Force would fight as part of the Joint Force in a modern, contested environment.

“The Indo-Pacific is a complex and dynamic security environment,” Allvin said. “Our pacing challenge is rapidly modernizing its weapon systems and fielding new all-domain capabilities.”

In addition, Kendall met with senior representatives of U.S. Space Force Indo-Pacific Command to discuss space capability and requirements in support of the Joint Force.

“Our Pacific Guardians have a front row seat to the growing capabilities of our competitor,” Kendall said. “Our Guardians are on watch and providing important visibility and awareness to the combatant commander.”

At PACAF headquarters, the service’s top leaders surveyed a mobility processing line specifically designed for ACE deployments. In addition, they evaluated ongoing ACE training and were briefed on upcoming exercises – all of which are designed to strengthen deterrence and evolve combat capabilities alongside allies and partners.

ACE revolutionizes the generation of airpower, transitioning from large, centralized bases to networks of smaller, dispersed locations or cluster bases. This strategic shift enhances survivability, complicates adversary planning, and affords a crucial advantage in contested environments where air bases are no longer safe havens.

“Agile Combat Employment is an essential operational concept which our force must employ to be ready for competition against a great power. What makes this concept a reality is our committed, disciplined and innovative Airmen,” Flosi said. “We are focused on ensuring our Airmen have the resources and qualifications needed to deliver airpower, anytime, anywhere.”

PACAF is leveraging technological improvements and empowering Airmen so they are ready to execute missions quickly and in unpredictable ways in the future. PACAF Airmen have also taken measures in the wake of the pacing threat to promote a culture of innovation, readiness and continuous improvement within the ACE framework.

“Pacific Air Forces has implemented ACE into regular operations and exercises alongside our allies and partners,” Schneider said. “This collaboration enhances both the resilience and effectiveness of coalition airpower and strengthens our collective capability to respond and win in complex and contested environments.”

As PACAF headquarters was Kendall’s, Allvin’s, and Flosi’s first stop during their multi-day trip, they held an all-call and had the chance to speak to Airmen of all ranks throughout the stop about how ACE supports the service’s top priority of reoptimizing for Great Power Competition. Alongside allies and partners who share similar security goals, PACAF Airmen will continue to exercise and enhance ACE employment capabilities to achieve a more competitive posture as challenges emerge in the Indo-Pacific.

“The leadership and Airmen here in PACAF are laser-focused on working with our allies and partners to deter aggression, and defeat it, if necessary,” Allvin said. “They are up to the challenge.”

https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3728925/secaf-csaf-cmsaf-begin-indo-pacific-trip-focused-on-ace/

BLACK PROJECT I was told to stop asking questions about UFOs – I was warned there would be riots if truth got out, says US congressman

Updated: 13:31, 4 Apr 2024

A POLITICIAN has revealed he was warned to stop asking questions about UFOs as "people couldn't handle" the truth.

Rep. Tim Burchett said someone at Capitol Hill told him "there would be riots" if details on what the US really knows about UFOs were disclosed.

The congressman - a long-term advocate for disclosure - has said he intends to push for more hearings on the UFO phenomena.

Officials at the Pentagon have long denied there is any evidence of aliens visiting Earth.

Earlier this month, the authority released a dossier to the public detailing events back to 1945.

It insisted there were no hidden UFO programmes within the government - and that there is no evidence of extraterrestrial activity.

But Burchett previously told The Sun that the world is being lied to about UFOs.

The Tennessee Republican has pushed for more whistleblowers to come forward as he pushes for more hearings.

It comes after former intelligence officer David Charles Grusch made extraordinary claim the US has wreckage from "non-human craft" and even "dead pilots".

His remarkable claims so far have not been backed up by hard evidence, but have sent a UFO shockwave through Washington DC.

UFOs are now more commonly referred to in official circles as UAP - Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).

Burchett told NewsNation: "We’re going to hopefully have some whistleblowers in there to blow the lid off some more stuff so get read."

According to Burchett, many in Congress believe UFOs originate from a non-human intelligence.

But he revealed he was urged by someone at Capitol Hill to stop pursuing transparency over UFOs.

Burchett told Trey Smith: "It was kind of weird, a guy walked up to me that I knew and said 'you know Tim, we really don't need to put this stuff out. People couldn't handle it, there would be riots'."

He said he told the man that if he held forums in different cities, people would say they want to know the truth as they want answers.

Speaking to The Sun, Burchett previously challenged someone inside the defence department to come forward with hard evidence - such as a photo or video - to truly blow the lid off the "cover-up".

He said: "Congress has been lied to, and the public have been lied.

"But we gotta have that one person who walks out with a tape or something."

He added: "I would tell any whistleblowers to come out, your country needs you."

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/27116489/stop-asking-questions-ufos-riots-congressman/

Ridley Scott's Original Alien Returning To Theaters This Month

Apr 4 2024 • 8:42 AM

What’s best for fictional characters is not always what’s best for real people. For example, if you live in a futuristic sci-fi world capable of interstellar travel to other worlds, you should do everything you can to avoid Xenomorphs. That’s just good, solid, life-saving advice. But if you’re an actual human on this planet? Obviously you should run to see those space monsters every chance you get. And this month you’re going to get an incredible chance to see the original one. Alien, Ridley Scott’s 1979 masterpiece that launched the enduring horror franchise, is returning to the big screen ahead of Alien: Romulus‘ premiere.

This summer on August 16 director Fede Álvarez is going old school with a throwback Alien-style film. Romulus‘ first trailer evokes Scott’s original entry in the series in the best way. Álvarez’s story also takes place between the events of Alien and James Cameron’s sequel Aliens, so it’s only fitting 20th Century Studios is going to let fans both old and new see Alien in theaters before Romulus debuts.

Ripley and the Nostromo will sail back to the big screen when Alien returns to theaters starting on April 26. The facehuggers will already be there. They’re always there.

This news (which we first heard at Collider) is a great sign for fans. It likely indicates the studio believes they have a winner on its hands with Alien: Romulus and want to make sure as many people as possible see it. Re-releasing Alien before Romulus is the best way to do that. Even great legacy sequels, like Blade Runner 2049, sometimes disappoint at the box office because younger moviegoers never saw the original. Now they’ll have a chance to see Romulus‘ predecessor the best way possible: on the biggest screen.

And as real humans on this planet they should definitely take that opportunity. The only people who should avoid Xenomorphs are fictional.

https://nerdist.com/article/original-alien-movie-returning-to-theaters-this-month-ridley-scott/