Bryan Bender is a senior reporter at Politico who covers the Pentagon, NASA, defense, and aerospace. This week, he had an opportunity to speak with Frank Kendall, the new Secretary of the US Air Force. As the leader of the Department of the Air Force, Kendall “directs strategy, policy, acquisitions, technology, personnel, and risk management.” Bender asked Kendall about Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and whether the Air Force should be “defending American airspace against unidentified aircraft.”
“If asked to do that then we will do it,” Kendall said. “This is a thing that’s been around for a great many years.”
Here’s the rest, from Bender’s Twitter:
I asked the new secretary of @usairforce, Frank Kendall, today if he has been briefed on UAPs and if he has thought about what the service’s role should be in defending American airspace against unidentified craft. 1/
— Bryan Bender (@BryanDBender) August 24, 2021
“I don’t consider it an imminent threat to the United States or the human race, these phenomenon occurring. But they obviously tweak a lot of peoples’ curiosity and encourage speculation. So if we’re asked to take that on, we will.” 4/
— Bryan Bender (@BryanDBender) August 24, 2021
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