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PA EST AOI Mgmt Sync Group 05-16-23 (FOIA 22-F-0249)

Office of the Secretary of Defense · 2023-05-16 · 31 pages · text from the file's own layer

This Office of the Secretary of Defense FOIA release (case 22-F-0249), dated May 16, 2023, collects public affairs material about the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group (AOIMSG). It contains Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks' November 23, 2021 memo creating the AOIMSG and an executive council to succeed the Navy's UAP Task Force. It also holds press releases, briefing cards with talking points and answers, a spokesperson statement and news clips.

  • p. 1 …SENIOR PENTAGON LEADERSHIP COMMANDERSOFTHECOMBATANTCOMMANDS DEFENSE AGENCY AND FIELD ACTIVITY DIRECTORS SUBJECT: Establishment of the Airborne Object…
  • p. 5 …What are the national security threats that the Pentagon is concerned about? A. The Department of…
  • p. 7 …What are the national security threats that the Pentagon is concerned about? A. The Department of…
  • p. 9 …Also of note, the Pentagon continues to search for logistical solutions to pandemic-related supply chain…
  • p. 10 …Pentagon Forms a Group to Examine Unexplained Aerial Sightings The announcement follows a report that failed…
  • p. 12 …of the Guantanamo Periodic Review Board for Khalid Ahmed Qasim {ISN - 242) at the Pentagon satellite…
  • p. 15 …Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby held an on-camera, on -the-record press brief. In his…
  • p. 19 …Caitlin McFall, Fox News, asked if the Pentagon is "concerned by this call for increased joint…
  • p. 25 …Also of note, the Pentagon continues to search for logistical solutions to pandemic-related supply chain…
  • p. 26 …23 (1551) I Jordan Williams The Pentagon's test office says that the new presidential helicopter…
  • p. 27 …out of Afghanistan and legally into the United States, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters on…
  • p. 28 …But the Pentagon said its drills were announced publicly at the time and adhered to international…
  • p. 31 …The Pentagon's Budget Should, Too DefenseOne.com, Nov. 23 (1658) I Chet Lee In recent…
https://www.defense.gov/News/Advisories/Advisory/Article/2870014/deputy-secretary-of-defense-hicks-
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* U.S.-Sweden-Finland Meeting. PTDO DUSD(P) Dr. Karlin met with Sweden Defence Policy Director Johan
Lagerlof and Finland Deputy Director General for Defence Policy Janne Kuusela to discuss a range of global and
regional security challenges facing Europe, and to underscore the importance of security and stability in the
Nordic and Baltic region. The full readout is posted at
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2868722/readout-of-performing-the-duties-of-
deputy-under-secretary-of-defense-for-polic/.
THREE-DAY FORECAST (all events subject to change)
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QUERIES OF NOTE
* AOIMSG. Following up on a question by Travis Tritten, Military.com, from the Dec. 8 on-camera press
briefing, provided the following statement to media via the broad DPO media distribution lists: "As directed
by Deputy Secretary Hicks in her memo, we're currently t ransitioning the UAP Task Force and its ongoing
efforts to the AOIMSG. We're also working on additional implementing guidance on the AOIMSG, as well as
the Airborne Object Identification and Management Executive Council (AOIMEXEC), for Deputy Secretary
Hicks' approval, per her memo. Once that guidance is approved and published, the t ransition from UAPTF is
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