
President Biden on Sept. 21 nominated Melissa Dalton as the new undersecretary of the Air Force--the number two civilian in the Department of the Air Force (DAF) behind Secretary Frank Kendall. Dalton would replace Gina Ortiz Jones who resigned in March. If confirmed, Dalton may bring a larger DAF focus on upgrading the U.S.-Canadian North Warning System (NWS). In her current position as assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense, Dalton has spoken of U.S.-Canadian collaboration to update NWS with…