WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news release:
Senior Air Force leaders gathered for the semiannual CORONA conference to make decisions aimed at strengthening readiness, modernizing the force and preparing Airmen to prevail in future conflict, Sept. 29 through Oct. 3.
CORONA originated in February 1944 at Maxwell Field, during a meeting hosted by Gen. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold (https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/article/107811/henry-h-arnold/) that was later recognized as the first CORONA gathering. Formalized by Gen. Curtis LeMay (https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/106462/general-curtis-emerson-lemay/) in 1961, CORONA remains an...