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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.

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Thursday, December 9, 2021 9:50 PM
AOIMSG Question
In Wednesday's press briefing, Travis Tritten, Military.com, asked about the Airborne Object Identification and
Management Synchronization Group (AOIMSG). If you haven't seen Deputy Secreta ry Hicks' memo, you can see it
here: https://media.defense.gov/2021/Nov/23/2002898596/-1/-1/0/ESTABLISH ME NT-OF-THE-AIRBORNE-OBJECT-
1DENTI FICATI ON-AN D-MANAG EM ENT-SYNCH RON IZATION-GROU P.PDF
You may attribute the below to Sue Gough, Department of Defense spokesperson:
"As directed by Deputy Secretary Hicks in her memo, we're currently transitioning 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 transition from UAPTF is AOIMSG is complete, and
the AOIMEXEC has had its first meeting, we'll be happy to answer your questions about the AOIMEXEC and AO IMSG
more fully."
Regards,
Defense Press Operations
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