How Covid-19 Has Forced The U.S. Air Force To Adjust Its Crews For Deployment Overseas

A US B-2 Spirit bomber in Diego Garcia October 8, 2001. REUTERS/U.S. Department of Defense/Senior Airman Rebeca M. Luquin/Handout JD

Business Insider/US Air Force: How US Air Force bomber crews adjusted to COVID-19 in order to deploy to the middle of the Indian Ocean

* Restrictions related to COVID-19 have changed how the US Air Force operates all over the world.
* For airmen deploying to Diego Garcia this month, special considerations were still made even though they were heading to an island facility in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia — COVID-19 is changing operational practices throughout the Air Force, forcing innovative adaptions in order to remain combat ready.

For the members of the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, special considerations were taken to ensure every member was COVID free prior to arriving at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia.

Prior to deployment, each member completed a 14-day mandated quarantine and tested negative for COVID-19 before departing Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri.

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WNU Editor: Bottom line. It all comes down to quarantine and testing.