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AIRLIFT/TANKER QUARTERLY Volume 22 • Number 3 • Summer 2014 KC-46A Pegasus Update Pages 6-14 46th Annual Airlift/Tanker Association Convention and the Air Mobility Command and A/TA Symposium & Technology Exposition: Instructions and Rules of Engagement Pages 17-20 Registration Form Page 28 C AsOsociationN TNewsENTS… Chairman’s Comments .................................................................................. 2 President’s Message ........................................................................................ 3 Secretary’s Notes ............................................................................................ 3 Association Round-Up ................................................................................4-5 AIRLIFT/TANKER QUARTERLY Volume 22 • Number 3 • Summer 2014 Cover Story Airlift/Tanker Quarterly is published four times a year by the Airlift/Tanker Association, KC-46A PEGASUS UPDATE 9312 Convento Terrace, Fairfax, Virginia 22031. AN OVERVIEW OF KC-46A PEGASUS PROGRAM PROGRESS .................................. 6-14 Postage paid at Belleville, Illinois. Subscription rate: $40.00 per year. Change of address requires four weeks notice. The Airlift/Tanker Association is a non-profit Features professional organization dedicated to providing a forum for people interested in improving the “Well, Today America is Coming to Help” capability of U.S. air mobility forces. Membership in the Airlift/Tanker Association is $40 annually President Obama Allows Humanitarian Aid for Yazidis; or $110 for three years. Full-time student Authorizes Limited Airstrikes on ISIS ..............................................................22-23 membership is $15 per year. Life membership is $500. Industry Partner membership includes five individual memberships and is $1500 per year. Membership dues include a subscription to Airlift/ Departments Tanker Quarterly, and are subject to change. Airlift/Tanker Quarterly is published for the use of subscribers, officers, advisors and members 2014 Convention & Symposium Rules of Engagement .......................... 17-20 of the Airlift/Tanker Association. The appearance of articles or advertisements, Air Mobility News & Views .......................................................................... 21 including inserts, in Airlift/Tanker Quarterly does not constitute an endorsement by the Industry Partner Spotlight: Louis Berger .......................................................24 Airlift/Tanker Association, the Air Mobility Command, the Department of the Air Force or the Department of Defense, of the viewpoints, Industry Partner Highlights ......................................................................... 25 products or services mentioned or advertised. ©2014. Articles appearing in this publication Association Contacts .................................................................................... 26 may not be reprinted, in any form, without prior written approval from the Airlift/Tanker 2014 Convention Registration Form ............................................................28 Association. Airlift/Tanker Quarterly is quarterly news cycle- dependent and is distributed as follows: Winter: January / February / March; Spring: April / May / June; Summer: July / August / September; Fall: October / November / December [actual distribution 2014 dates vary]. The copy deadline for submitted stories, Convention, articles, letters, etc., is as follows: Winter: December 30th; Spring: March 30th; Summer: June 30th; Fall Symposium and [Convention Edition]: August 30th. Technology Airlift/Tanker Quarterly accepts advertising for the inside front and back covers for the Exhibition Winter, Spring and Summer Editions; and for throughout the Fall Convention Edition. Overview EDITORIAL STAFF: Page 16 Gen. Arthur Lichte, USAF, Retired Chairman, Board of Officers Rules of Engagement Mr. Collin R. Bakse Page 17-20 Editor and Art Director Registration Form Mr. Doug Lynch Business Manager Page 28 Col. Ronald E. Owens, USAF Retired Editorial Advisor Col. Gregory Cook, USAF Retired Editorial Contributor/Public Affairs Coordinator On the Cover: A montage of an artist rendering of a KC-46A Pegasus and a C-17 Globemaster in flight superimposed over a stylized representation of the Pegasus Constellation byA/TQ art director Collin Bakse. Editor’s Note: The Pegasus constellation appears upside down in PRINTED IN U.S.A. the night sky – it has been inverted in this illustration for artistic purposes. A/TQ • Airlift/Tanker Quarterly • Summer 2014 1 “Stop the Presses…” Having spent the last 30 years or so in the graphic art and printing industries, you Chairman’s might think that I have had to “stop the presses” many times. But, actually, I have experienced only a few occasions where I felt it necessary to change the content of a COMMENTS printing project just before, or, heaven for- bid, during its printing. The countdown to Nashville has begun!! As I write this article, That’s good since “stop the presses” I am flying home from our summer board meeting hosted by the means that the printing presses must liter- Inland Northwest Chapter at Fairchild AFB, WA. Many thanks to ally be stopped or delayed and, therefore the newly placed 92nd ARW Wing Commander, Col Brian Mc- any copies of the publication which have Daniel and Chapter President, Capt Andrea Delosreyes for their already printed must be discarded – which great hospitality. The 92nd ARW, working together with Wash- carries with it extreme cost. That’s why the ington’s 141st ARW (ANG), make Fairchild a model Total Force phrase “stop the presses” should only be ut- installation. And, the base itself looks fantastic. tered upon the arrival of extremely signifi- Our Board meeting featured a presentation from Lt. Gen. (Ret.) cant news or the discovery of an extremely Rusty Findley who took on a special project to look at ways of grave error. More often than not the reason improving our organization. We had a great discussion on what for stopping the presses is the latter – find- Gen Arthur J Lichte size our organization should be and how do we get there. One ing a glaring error; but in the case of this USAF, Ret of the things we need to do, as I mentioned in the last quarterly edition of A/TQ it is the former – the arrival magazine, is to sustain and then increase our membership. Our of significant news. members are our lifeline and we will continue to take the mobility story to as many as we While as I was checking the page proofs can. That means focusing on our local chapters and we will do that. for the Summer magazine, which was al- We reviewed our plans for Nashville and I am happy to tell you things are falling in ready running late because I had moved the place nicely. We have quite a slate of distinguished speakers and professional seminars. deadline for submitting articles until after We are also focusing on members of the civilian community. In Nashville this year we the Summer A/TA Board of Officers meet- will have seminars geared for the civic leaders in your local communities. Please spread ing, media speculation that the U.S. had or the word to your friends, both civilian and military that A/TA offers them special oppor- would soon be engaging in airstrikes and tunities to learn about the air mobility mission. Invite them to join you at a local chapter humanitarian airdrops in Iraq began hit- meeting or even better, join us in Nashville. By spreading the word you will help us sup- ting the airwaves and social media sites. port mobility airmen, preserve our mobility culture, and enhance our relations with Ac- Then, when, on 7 August, President Obama tive, Guard, Reserve, Civilians and our Industry partners. announced he had authorized limited air- To that end we will provide very professional, informative, and educational briefings. As strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria a result of one of the suggestions we received, we are researching the possibility of getting (ISIS) militants in Iraq, and that an Ameri- some academic credit for a few of the seminars. It probably won’t happen by this year’s can C-17 and two C-130s had air-dropped symposium, but we are working on it. I think you will also enjoy the former Air Force food and water to tens of thousands of Iraqi Chiefs of Staff panel. The bottom line for Nashville is incorporating new ideas with some Yazidis trapped on a mountain range in of the tried and true favorites you have all said you love. So, come on out and join us in northwestern Iraq, I knew that I would have Nashville. to find some way to include the story in the By the way, flying in the back of a commercial airliner isn’t nearly as much fun as fly- Summer magazine. After all, the story meant ing our Mobility aircraft around the world. From what I have been seeing, Air Mobility that America would be re-opening a door Command is as busy as ever. Reading the daily headlines shows our Air Force right in the that had been closed back in 2011 – military middle of things with AMC leading the way. engagement with jihadist insurgents in Iraq. I look forward to seeing all of you in Nashville! Enjoy the rest of the summer. Pretty significant I’d say. In the end, it really wasn’t as hard to find room for the story as I had thought it might be. I had to cut a little here and there and rearrange things a bit. The result is a feature story titled “Well, Today America is Coming to Help,” that appears on pages 22 and 23. Since the magazine was still in the proof- reading stage and I had not yet sent
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