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Air Force World by Aaron M Air Force World By Aaron M. U. Church, Associate Editor First C-17 Retires program representative, Group Capt. The Air Force’s prototype C-17 trans- Harv Smyth. port recently retired to the National Lockheed Martin also completed the Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, first F-35A for the Royal Netherlands screenshot Ohio, ending 21 years of testing at Ed- Air Force earlier in April. wards AFB, Calif. Both aircraft will be based at Eglin “This aircraft will serve as the rep- AFB, Fla., supporting their respective Photo by Jim Haseltine resentative C-17 airframe in the mu- country’s maintenance and pilot train- seum’s collection, allowing us to share ing at their F-35 schoolhouse. with the public more of the story of the demanding airlift missions facing Advanced To the End today’s Air Force,” said museum direc- With little fanfare, an excavator sev- tor John L. Hudson. ered the fuselage of the Air Force’s last McDonnell Douglas workers essen- AGM-129A Advanced Cruise Missile in tially fabricated the aircraft, designated a simple ceremony at Hill AFB, Utah. T-1, by hand. T-1 was specifically built Destruction of this AGM-129 com- for the C-17’s five-year developmental pleted demilitarization of the cruise test and evaluation program, but was missile type and associated trainers, successively rebuilt over its career, components, and engines “within bud- exceeding its design life by four times, get and ahead of schedule,” stated according to museum officials. officials at Tinker AFB, Okla., April 24. Since the prototype first took to the Tinker’s Missile Sustainment Divi- skies in September 1991, T-1 supported sion and Oklahoma City Air Logistics a plethora of USAF, NASA, and other Center, along with Hill’s Ogden ALC, agency test programs above and beyond began the process of decommissioning the type’s development. and destroying the 460-strong AGM- The aircraft also appeared in five 129 inventory in February 2008. Hollywood films during its active career. The Air Force opted to eliminate the After landing in Dayton April 25, T-1 fleet as part of US efforts to draw down was decommissioned in preparation for nuclear force levels to meet the cap of display in the museum’s outdoor airpark, 2,200 operational nuclear warheads beginning later this summer. imposed by the 2002 Strategic Of- fensive Reduction Treaty with Russia. Brit Lightning Takes Flight The B-52H bomber was the only Britain’s first production F-35 strike aircraft capable of deploying the low fighter flew for the first time recently on observable, subsonic cruise missiles a predelivery check flight from Lockheed operationally. With the Advanced Cruise Martin’s facility at Fort Worth, Tex. Missile now gone, the AGM-86 ALCM Lockheed test pilot Bill Gigliotti put the serves as the Air Force’s sole air- F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing launched nuclear cruise missile. jet through its paces, checking system functionality during the 45-minute hop The Big 4,500 April 13. Lockheed Martin trumpeted delivery The UK ordered the F-35B, desig- of the 4,500th F-16 Fighting Falcon— nated BK-1, before its Defense Ministry a Block 52 fighter built for the Royal abandoned the STOVL variant in favor of Moroccan Air Force—in a celebration the carrier-optimized F-35C in October on the floor of the company’s plant at 2010. The first flight came as the UK Fort Worth, Tex., April 3. government was mulling whether to “The F-16 is the world standard for reverse course yet again—abandoning evolutionary fighters today, and it will the F-35C for the STOVL F-35B, which continue to secure the freedom of the the Defense Ministry ultimately did, an- United States and its allies in peace nouncing its decision May 10. and combat for decades to come,” “BK-1 is the first international F-35 to summed up company aeronautics vice fly. … It also brings us one step closer to president Larry Lawson. delivery of this essential fifth generation The current F-16 production queue capability for the UK,” said Britain’s F-35 includes aircraft on order from Egypt, 16 AIR FORCE Magazine / June 2012 Iraq, Morocco, Oman, and Turkey, ac- Airmen launched the RPA from Hollo- “To be able to fly in the national cording to the company. man AFB, N.M., to help authorities look airspace, there is a lot of coordination Since F-16 production first began in for a pair of kayakers who went missing that has to take place,” said Maj. Dustin 1975, air forces from 26 countries have in the nearby Gila National Forest. Pittman, assistant operations director purchased and flown the fighter, accord- The Reaper scanned the riverbed, of the base’s 29th Attack Squadron, ing to Lockheed Martin. relaying footage to mission command, responsible for training Reaper crews. and ultimately aiding in the recovery of “This is a big step forward to ... Reaper’s Day Out the two missing sportsmen. extend ourselves outside our normal An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted Air Combat Command quickly cleared flying ranges,” he stressed. aircraft aided civilian agencies for the the flight with the FAA, obtaining special first time on a specifically authorized permission to aid civil authorities operat- Last in Glass search and rescue mission in US na- ing outside the RPA’s designated range Lockheed Martin finished upgrading tional airspace. space April 2. the last C-5 Galaxy cockpit, delivering Two F-15Cs from the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Fighter Wing pass by Mount St. Helens in Washington state while on a mission from Portland Arpt., Ore. The 142nd flies 05.05.2012 aerospace control alert missions out of Oregon in support of NORAD, as well as drug inter- diction and contingency operation missions. AIR FORCE Magazine / June 2012 17 Air Force World USAF photo by SrA. Christopher Muncy S. the 79th C-5 fitted with a state-of-the- program vice president, in a company That’s Only Part of the Island. art digital instrumentation to the Air news release. There’s Also a Very, Very Nice Beach: Airmen from the New York Force this April. AMP retrofits to the C-5 include a ANG’s 106th Rescue Wing conduct Company officials handed over the new mission computer, digital avion- casualty recovery training at Plum Island final C-5 in a special ceremony marking ics, new communication, navigation, Animal Disease Center in New York’s the end of the C-5 Avionics Modern- and surveillance equipment, and an Gardiners Bay. The exercise included ization Program at Travis AFB, Calif., autopilot system. simulated search and rescue missions. April 27. The C-5s that the Air Force is plan- The Department of Homeland Security, “This delivery continues the ever- ning to keep are also being fitted with which controls access to the island, growing legacy of the C-5 Galaxy new turbofan engines and an airframe allows the 106th to use a helicopter pad and the critical role it plays,” said reliability enhancement package to there for touch-and-go landings. Greg Ulmer, Lockheed Martin’s C-5 remedy key ills. Service leaders plan to rework 52 Parole for Global Hawk? C-5s—one C-5A, 49 C-5Bs, and two C-5Cs. USAF leadership wishes to Members of the House Armed Services Committee are moving to block retire 27 older C-5As to the “Boneyard” the Air Force from retiring its RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 remotely piloted in Fiscal 2013. aircraft next fiscal year. Assigned to JBSA-Lackland, Tex., The committee’s tactical air and land forces panel inserted language bar- the C-5A will fly with Air Force Reserve ring USAF from using any Fiscal 2013 funds “to retire, prepare to retire, or Command’s 433rd Airlift Wing. place in storage” any Block 30 aircraft, in the committee chairman’s 2013 Lockheed Martin’s C-5 AMP began budget markup. in 1998. In addition, the panel included a stipulation that the service “maintain the operational capability of each” of the Block 30 airframes at least through New Air Force Reserve Chief the end of 2014. The Senate on April 26 approved The mandate would cover the entire operational fleet, as well as any Block Maj. Gen. James F. Jackson as the next 30s slated for delivery between now and the 2014 date. head of Air Force Reserve Command. The HASC personnel panel’s chairman buttressed the measure by retain- Jackson would receive a third star for ing 560 Active Duty billets to sustain the aircraft. his new assignment. The Block 30 variant was designed to replace the U-2 for high-altitude Jackson will replace current AFRC surveillance. However, the Air Force says it is proving to be too expensive boss Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., to operate and is not close to being ready to take over the mission from the who has commanded the Reserve manned Dragon Lady spyplane. since June 2008. Jackson is currently The HASC modifications of the Pentagon’s Fiscal 2013 budget request AFRC deputy chief. He has advised were released before the budget went to mark-up hearings, April 26. the Chief of Staff on Reserve issues since May 2010. 18 AIR FORCE Magazine / June 2012 Ocean, the agency surmised in its in- Air Forces Africa Shuttered vestigation findings, released April 20. Last year’s flight was DARPA’s second Seventeenth Air Force, also known as Air Forces Africa, officially inactivated HTV-2 experiment, incorporating lessons in April, standing down as a designated air component to US Africa Command.
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