Opinion: The Air Force is adapting its attitudes and workforce to the coronavirus to keep ICBM systems running
Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. – The new coronavirus known as COVID-19 is changing life across America and the world, from massively shifting our daily work habits to triggering necessary precautions to prevent the spread of the disease. C4ISRnet reports. Continue reading original article
The Military & Aerospace Electronics take:
9 April 2020 -- One challenge I have as commander of an Air Force squadron that has to continue operating — no matter the circumstances — is something few of us had given a lot of thought.
Because the equipment we use for our mission is at least 40 years old, many of my civilian workforce are in their 50s and 60s, and among the most vulnerable to the coronavirus.
In fact, a majority of them are in the “at risk” category. They are software developers and maintenance technicians who keep an automated nuclear messaging and targeting system for intercontinental ballistic missiles performing its vital function every day. Adapting to the coronavirus is essential.
John Keller, chief editor
Military & Aerospace Electronics
