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Senior enlisted leaders from the Air

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Force and Space Force testified in

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Congress about quality of life issues

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for airmen and guardians chief master

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sergeant of the air force . Joanne Bass

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talked about the impact these issues

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have on the force . We can't have

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service members distracted by whether

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or not they're able to live in safe and

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affordable housing , whether or not

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they have access to child care and

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health care or any other challenges

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unique to serving our nation to include

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pay and compensation . The Department

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of the Air Force sees quality of life

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as essential in efforts to re optimize

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for great power competition . X Wing

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incorporated a partner to a works

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autonomy prime successfully completed

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an autonomous logistics mission at

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mcclellan Airfield in Sacramento ,

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California X Wings . Autonomous flight

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technology allows its aircraft to taxi

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takeoff fly to a destination , avoid

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airborne and ground obstacles and land

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without any human input . The mission

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demonstrated how autonomous aviation

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can contribute to the agile combat

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employment concept by dispersing

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equipment and aircraft between major

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bases and smaller airfields to improve

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resilience and survivability . Nick

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Haig is set to become the first

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guardian on a mission to the

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International space station . When

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nasa's crew nine launches no earlier

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than August 2024 Haig will pilot the

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launch then transition to the role of

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flight engineer . Once the team arrives ,

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his mission will include performing

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science experiments and data collection

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on the space station . This is his

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third launch to space and second

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mission to the orbiting laboratory .

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Haigh says the international Space

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Station provides a unique platform in

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micro gravity and allows researchers

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from around the world to explore

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impacts to the body both on earth and

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off planet . That's your look around

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the Air Force . I'm senior airman semi

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Samori .