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News Tipoffs - Arizona Editors Newsletter for Tuesday August 27, 2024 ( 8 items )  

AFIMSC introduces combat support instructor course to increase ATF readiness
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is developing a course designed to equip combat air base squadron leaders with the skills needed to teach and lead combat support warfighters through every phase of the Air Force's Force Generation model. The new Combat Support Instructor Course, or CSIC, was introduced at the first of two 2024 In  more

Air Force Installation & Mission Support Center Introduces Combat Support Instructor Course to Increase ATF Readiness
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: By Shannon Carabajal, AFIMSC Public Affairs FORT BLISS, Texas - The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is developing a course designed to equip combat air base squadron leaders with the skills needed to teach and lead combat support warfighters through every phase of the Air Force Force Generation model. The new Combat Support Instructor Course, or CSI  more

Ariz. U.S. Attorney: United Seating and Mobility, LLC, D/B/A Numotion, Agrees to Pay $13,500,000 to Resolve Alleged False Claims for Custom Wheelchairs
PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: United States Attorney Gary M. Restaino announced today that United Seating and Mobility, LLC, d/b/a Numotion (Numotion), a Missouri limited liability company that provides specialized durable medical equipment, agreed to pay $13,500,000 to resolve allegations that the company violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA). The settlement resolves allegation  more

Ceremonial Groundbreaking at Davis-Monthan AFB
DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB, Arizona, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (355th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Jhade Herrera, 355th Wing Public Affairs The 355th Wing leadership, 355th Civil Engineer Squadron, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and members of the Tucson community partnered for a ceremonial groundbreaking at the south gate of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Aug. 23, 2024. Consideration for this project began in 2006, which was supporte  more

Colo. U.S. Attorney: Man Charged With Threatening Election Officials, State Judge, and Federal Law Enforcement Agents
DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: A Colorado man will make his initial appearance at the federal courthouse in Durango, Colorado, today on federal charges in connection with a series of online threats he made toward election officials in Colorado and Arizona, a Colorado state judge, and federal law enforcement agents. Teak Brockbank, 45, of Cortez, was arrested on Friday in Cortez. "We   more

FinCEN Reminds Financial Institutions to Remain Vigilant to Suspicious Transactions Associated With Synthetic Opioids
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued the following news release: During Overdose Awareness Week as the nation honors and remembers loved ones lost to the drug overdose epidemic, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) reminds financial institutions to monitor for and report suspicious transactional activity related to the illicit fentanyl supply chain and the trafficking of illicit fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.   more

Justice Dept.: Man Charged With Threatening Election Officials, State Judge & Federal Law Enforcement Agents
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: A Colorado man will make his initial appearance at the federal courthouse in Durango, Colorado, today on federal charges in connection with a series of online threats he made toward election officials in Colorado and Arizona, a Colorado state judge, and federal law enforcement agents. Teak Brockbank, 45, of Cortez, was arrested on Friday in Cortez. "We allege that the defendant made detai  more

Lighting the Way for Quantum Innovation
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * Sandia collaboration combines integrated photonics and light-wave frequency for novel quantum information processing * * * Sandia National Laboratories and Arizona State University, two research powerhouses, are collaborating to push the boundaries of quantum technology and transform large-scale optical systems into compact integrated microsystems. Nils O  more