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Screenshot B Air Force World By Michael Sirak, Executive Editor, with Marc Schanz, Senior Editor Donley Cites Budget Vise 16 during a July 29, 2009 mission while The Air Force budget is under attack operating with the 129th Expeditionary from within, Air Force Secretary Michael Rescue Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, screenshot B. Donley said during a speech on Capitol Afghanistan. Hill at the inaugural meeting of the Senate Pedro 16 directed rescue operations by Photo Carlson Ted by Aerospace Caucus May 6. Stated succinctly, Pedro 15, another HH-60 Pave Hawk crew, the service’s topline isn’t keeping pace with to retrieve wounded soldiers from an active the new missions USAF is required to take firefight, kept in radio contact with the ground on, he said. commander, and provided emergency close “Nearly every aspect of the Air Force air support, returning fire themselves and budget is growing larger and faster than acting as forward air controller for two Army the Air Force budget,” said Donley, care- OH-58 helicopters. fully choosing his words for irony. While 63 percent of the service’s spending over the Cyber Command Starts Work future years defense program is consumed US Cyber Command on May 21 officially by day-to-day operations, the remaining 37 began initial operations at Ft. Meade, Md. percent is for investment. It now leads the efforts to protect the US He said one-quarter of the investment military’s cyber network and attack an ad- dollar goes to the combat air forces. (The versary through that network, if necessary. F-35 alone consumes 60 percent of CAF It is a subunified command subordinate to investment funding.) Space projects get US Strategic Command. 19 percent, and big portions of investment The nascent organization, led by Army spending go toward “joint enablers” such as Gen. Keith B. Alexander, draws together airlift, tankers, and intelligence-surveillance- existing cyber capabilities from across the reconnaissance, and for research and Department of Defense, including 24th Air development. Force. The Senate on May 7 confirmed Alex- ander’s promotion to a four-star general for Lorenz Retiring, Rice To AETC the position. He also remains at the helm of The Air Force announced May 10 that the National Security Agency at Ft. Meade. Gen. Stephen R. Lorenz will be retiring “Given our increasing dependency on after 37 years of uniformed service. He had cyberspace, this new command will bring led Air Education and Training Command together the resources of the department since July 2008. to address vulnerabilities and meet the Lorenz is a US Air Force Academy ever-growing array of cyber threats to our graduate and a command pilot, with more military systems,” said Secretary of Defense than 3,500 hours in the cockpits of various Robert M. Gates May 21 upon appointing transport and tanker aircraft. Replacing him Alexander to the top cyber post. at AETC is Lt. Gen. Edward A. Rice Jr., whom the Senate on May 7 confirmed to receive a Newest GPS Satellite Launches fourth star. Rice has led US Forces Japan The Air Force and its industry partners and 5th Air Force since February 2008. on May 27 successfully launched the first The AETC enlisted force plans to induct Global Positioning System Block IIF satellite Lorenz into the Order of the Sword, its into space aboard a United Launch Alliance highest honor, during a July 16 ceremony Delta IV expendable launch vehicle from at Lackland AFB, Tex. Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla. This mission marked the first time that a Delta IV carried Rescue Crew Takes Mackay Trophy a GPS satellite into space. The four crew members of an HH-60G The Boeing-built Block IIF satellite joined Pave Hawk rescue helicopter from the 33rd 30 other GPS spacecraft of earlier con- Rescue Squadron at Kadena AB, Japan, figurations already on orbit. The company have won the 2009 Mackay Trophy, Kadena said on May 28 the first signals had been officials announced May 19. The National acquired from the new satellite, paving the Aeronautic Association award recognizes way for orbital maneuvers and operational the year’s most meritorious flight. testing. The satellite was expected to start The airmen—Capt. Robert Rosebrough, operational service within 90 days of launch. 1st Lt. Lucas Will, MSgt. Dustin Thomas, The Block IIF model features a more ro- and SSgt. Tim Philpott—comprised Pedro bust and higher power military signal—first 12 AIR FORCE Magazine / July 2010 included on GPS Block IIR-M satellites—and according to USAF and industry officials. Brink, X-51A program manager in the Air a new L5 civil signal for aviation safety of Released from a B-52 bomber over the Force Research Laboratory, said his team flight. Boeing is under contract to supply Southern California coast, the X-51’s sc- of Air Force, DARPA, NASA, Boeing, and the Air Force with 12 Block IIFs. ramjet propelled the vehicle for more than Pratt & Whitney engineers was “ecstatic” three-and-a-half minutes over the Pacific with the success of this maiden mission. X-51A Sets Scramjet Marks Ocean after its host booster expired, they Three more flights of expendable X-51As The Air Force’s experimental X-51A said. During this time, the X-51 accelerated are planned. Wave Rider unmanned hypersonic air vehicle to speeds of about Mach 5 and an altitude flew successfully on its maiden flight attempt of about 70,000 feet. ANG Units Get Newer F-16s on May 26, traveling under its own power After about 200 seconds of engine burn, The Minnesota Air National Guard’s for longer than any other supersonic com- a vehicle anomaly occurred and the flight 148th Fighter Wing in Duluth on April 27 bustion ramjet-powered vehicle in history, was terminated. Nonetheless, Charlie received the first of 20 F-16 Block 50 aircraft You don’t encounter this every day—a close-up view of the underside of a KC-135R Stra- totanker in flight. The tanker and its crew are assigned to the 151st Air Refueling Squad- ron, part of the Tennessee Air National Guard’s 134th ARW, McGhee Tyson ANGB, Tenn. 06.06.2010 They were flying on an aerial refueling track over the Atlantic Ocean, funneling gas to a US Navy EA-6B Prowler from the VAQ-209 “StarWarriors.” The flight was part of currency training for the Navy crew, which will deploy soon to Southwest Asia. AIR FORCE Magazine / July 2010 13 Air Force World from Spangdahlem AB, Germany. That The Block 50s are replacing Duluth’s Block 40s in place of the Block 30s it has same day, the South Dakota ANG’s 114th current F-16 Block 25s, which are being flown since 1991. FW in Sioux Falls took delivery of the first retired. The 148th FW becomes the second Duluth received its 20th and final Block of 22 Block 40 F-16s from Hill AFB, Utah, Air Guard wing to fly Block 50s. Sioux Falls’ 50 on May 29, while Sioux Falls is expected which will replace its Block 30 models. 175th Fighter Squadron will operate the to receive all of its the newer F-16s by Sep- tember. Spangdahlem is shedding about half of its F-16s as part of USAF’s 2010 Air Force Unveils Fiscal 2011 Force Structure Changes drawdown of some 250 legacy fighters; Hill is losing about one-third of its F-16s The Air Force leadership on May 11 issued the service’s proposed force under this reduction. structure, realignment, and management actions in support of President Obama’s Fiscal 2011 budget submission. Schwartz: Airmen Are the Key On the personnel side, these changes involve more than 13,000 active The case for maximizing the potential duty, reserve, and civilian positions—some 2,450 active duty, 1,300 Air Force and performance of every airman has never Reserve, 220 Air National Guard, and 9,200 civilian slots. been more compelling, Air Force Chief They include: contractor-to-civilian conversions (about 34 percent of the of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz told at- total positions) to bolster the acquisition workforce, executing joint basing ac- tendees May 4 at the 2010 senior enlisted tions (16 percent), increasing Air Force Reserve end strength (12 percent) by leaders summit at Maxwell AFB, Ala. adding security forces and civil engineers, and boosting intelligence-surveil- “Today, more than ever, tactical effects lance-reconnaissance manpower (11 percent) for purposes such as building can have strategic consequences,” he 50 remotely piloted aircraft combat air patrols by the end of next fiscal year. said. “In many instances, mission suc- “The Air Force continues to support new and emerging missions, while cess hinges on airmen outside the wire, making every effort to remedy the stress experienced by critically manned making split-second decisions in a highly career fields,” said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, in ex- dynamic environment in which black and plaining these moves. white choices are rare, and the many In terms of equipment, the Air Force intends to retire 59 aircraft next fiscal shades of gray can challenge even the year and add 137 new airframes to its inventory. most brilliant and competent among us.” The list of aircraft to be phased out includes: 28 C-130Es, seven C-21As, Schwartz said it is imperative that air- three C-9Cs, 17 C-5As, two MC-130Es, and two T-43s. men have “the right experience, training, The aircraft slated to join the force are: eight C-130Js, 10 C-17s, six C-27Js, and education at the right time” so the one C-37B, three CV-22s, 19 F-22As, 11 F-35As, four MC-130Js, 16 MQ-1s, service can perform its assigned mis- 29 MQ-9s, five RQ-4Bs, and 25 T-41Ds (for the US Air Force Academy).
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