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Air Force World by Aaron M Air Force World By Aaron M. U. Church, Associate Editor Welsh Nominated as Chief of Staff support, opening the additional option President Obama nominated Gen. of purchasing 38 more F-35s, according Mark A. Welsh III, now serving as com- to the Defense Security Cooperation screenshot mander, US Air Forces in Europe, to Agency. succeed Gen. Norton A. Schwartz as “Japan is one of the major political the USAF’s next Chief of Staff. and economic powers in East Asia and Pending Senate approval, Welsh the Western Pacific and a key ally of the would become the Air Force’s 20th United States in ensuring the peace and Chief of Staff. Defense Secretary Leon stability of this region,” DSCA stated in USAF photo by A1C Ashlee Galloway E. Panetta in a May 10 press briefing an announcement May 1. announced the nomination. “The proposed sale of aircraft and “If confirmed, I’ll do everything in my support will augment Japan’s opera- power to live up to the example set by tional aircraft inventory and enhance its [General Schwartz and the other] great air-to-air and air-to-ground self-defense officers who have led our service so capability,” the agency said. well throughout its remarkable history,” Japan selected the F-35 as its next said Welsh. generation fighter last December to be- Prior to leading USAFE, Welsh worked gin replacing the Japan Air Self-Defense for Panetta at the CIA; Welsh was the Force’s aged F-4J Phantom fleet. associate director for military affairs Meanwhile, Australia has decided when Panetta was director of the agency. to delay purchasing its 12 initial F-35s “Over the course of our time working by two years as a budgetary measure, together, I developed a deep appreciation Business Week reported three days for his wisdom and his counsel,” Panetta after Congress was apprised of the said in his statement. Japan sale. Before the CIA job, Welsh was vice commander at Air Education and Training Lightning Plan B, Again Command. He graduated from the Air Britain has abandoned fitting its new Force Academy in 1976 and has logged class of aircraft carriers with catapults more than 3,400 flight hours, mostly in and arresting gear to accommodate the fighters and training aircraft. F-35C strike fighter, opting instead to return to the F-35B short takeoff and Senior Leaders Shift vertical landing variant. Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Philip M. Defense Minister Philip Hammond Breedlove has been tapped to command said the UK government’s 2010 deci- US Air Forces in Europe at Ramstein sion to abandon the F-35B in favor of AB, Germany, Pentagon officials an- the longer range, carrier-optimized nounced May 11. F-35C “was right at the time, but the Breedlove has served as vice chief facts have changed and therefore so, since January 2011 and was confirmed too, must our approach.” May 24 for his new position. He will re- Hammond said cost estimates for place Gen. Mark A. Welsh III at USAFE’s building Britain’s two Queen Elizabeth helm. II-class carriers with electromagnetic Also on May 24, Lt. Gen. Larry O. catapults had doubled since 2010, as- Spencer received confirmation for a serting that the cost outweighed the fourth star. He will replace Breedlove strategic benefits of a more capable as vice chief of staff. and interoperable carrier. Spencer has served as Joint Staff’s The F-35C “no longer represents the director of force structure, resources, best way ... and I am not prepared to and assessment since April 2010. tolerate a three-year further delay to reintroducing our carrier strike capabil- Proposed F-35 Sale To Japan ity,” he said in justifying his decision to The Pentagon notified Congress of a Parliament May 10. potential foreign military sale of F-35A Britain’s first F-35B is scheduled to strike fighters to Japan earlier this year. enter service this summer, beginning The $10 billion deal would supply carrier trials aboard HMS Queen Eliza- Japan four aircraft along with parts and beth II in 2018, according to Hammond. 12 AIR FORCE Magazine / July 2012 Get Ready To Sandbag In presidentially declared emergen- The law also permits reserve mobili- Air Force Reservists can now be ac- cies, state governors can now request zations for extended periods to support tivated to respond to a natural disaster reserve assistance from every service deployed theater security missions. or civil emergency, according to a new branch, for up to 120 days, according measure included in the Fiscal 2012 to AFRC officials. NATO Missile Shield Operational defense authorization act. Since it is under the control of the NATO has an operational interim “We mobilize Reservists to handle states during peacetime, the National ballistic missile defense, shielding the contingencies overseas, so it makes Guard has traditionally filled this role. The European mainland, the Alliance an- sense that we do that to take care of Reserve force is under federal control, nounced at its summit in Chicago, May 21. our own country,” said Lt. Gen. Charles but as a result of the new law, both the The interim system comprises a E. Stenner Jr., Air Force Reserve Com- Guard and Reserve may now be called command and control hub at Allied Air mand boss, in a news release May 20. upon to provide state aid. Command headquarters, Ramstein AB, During a moment of downtime, Maj. Pete Reddan works on a song while he and his 06.13.2012 guitar lean against the tire of a C-17 Globemaster III at JB Charleston, S.C. Reddan, a 437th Airlift Wing pilot, wrote “Off to War,” which was recently recorded by country and western recording artist Brad Anderson. AIR FORCE Magazine / July 2012 13 Air Force World Senior Staff Changes orbit-raising activity,” said Col. Michael Sarchet, AEHF program manager. The RETIREMENTS: Lt. Gen. Marc E. Rogers, Maj. Gen. Kathleen D. Close, Maj. Gen. Richard crucial boost also “raised the satellite T. Devereaux, Maj. Gen. Howard N. Thompson, Maj. Gen. Mark R. Zamzow, Brig. Gen. above the Van Allen radiation belts and Gregory L. Brundidge. region of space with the densest space NOMINATIONS: To be General: Paul J. Selva, Larry O. Spencer. To be Lieutenant Gen- debris,” he said. eral: Darren McDew, Noel T. Jones, Thomas W. Travis. To be Major General: Timothy Controllers then began firing the M. Ray. To be Brigadier General: David B. Been, Bobby V. Page. To be ANG Lieutenant satellite’s Hall Current Thruster, to General: Michael D. Dubie, Joseph L. Lengyel. To be ANG Brigadier General: Russ A. gradually dampen AEHF-2’s elliptical Walz, Donald S. Wenke, Wayne A. Zimmet. orbit onto a more circular trajectory until the satellite achieves its intended CHANGES: Brig. Gen. Dwyer L. Dennis, from Dir., Intel., Surveillance, Recon, & Rqmts., geosynchronous rotation. AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, to PEO, Fighters & Bombers, AF Life Cycle Mgmt. AEHF-2 blasted off atop a United Center, AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio ... Maj. Gen. Sharon K. Dunbar, from Dir., Force Mgmt. Policy, DCS, Manpower, Personnel, & Svcs., USAF, Pentagon, to Cmdr., AF District Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from of Washington, JB Andrews, Md. ... Brig. Gen. Mark A. Ediger, Cmdr., AF Medical Ops. Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., May 4. Agency, Office of the Surgeon General, San Antonio, to Dep. Surgeon General, Office of The first AEHF satellite finished the Surgeon General, USAF, Pentagon ... Brig. Gen. Edward A. Fienga, from Exec. Officer on-orbit testing earlier this year. The to the Cmdr., AFSPC, Peterson AFB, Colo., to the Dep. Dir., Prgms., Office of the DCS, complete constellation is intended to Strat. Plans & Prgms., USAF, Pentagon ... Brig. Gen. Gina M. Grosso, from Dir., Manpower, replace the military’s current Milstar Orgn. & Resources, DCS, Manpower, Personnel, & Svcs., USAF, Pentagon, to Dir., Force communications satellites. Mgmt. Policy, DCS, Manpower, Personnel, & Svcs., USAF, Pentagon ... Brig. Gen. Francis L. from Cmdr., Army & AF Exchange Svc., Dallas, to the Spec. Asst. to the DCS, Hendricks, RPA Pilots Finish ANG FTU Manpower, Personnel, & Svcs., USAF, Pentagon ... Brig. Gen. Richard A. Klumpp Jr., from Dir., US Forces-Afghanistan Liaison to the US Embassy, CENTCOM, Kabul, Afghanistan, The first four Active Duty aircrew to Dir., Strat. Planning, DCS, Strat. Plans & Prgms., USAF, Pentagon ... Brig. Gen. Mark M. members graduated from the New York McLeod, from Dir., Log., PACAF, JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, to Dir., Log., Engineer, & Air National Guard’s MQ-9 Reaper Security Assistance, PACOM, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii ... Maj. Gen. Kenneth D. Merchant, formal training unit at Syracuse in May, from Cmdr., Air Armament Center, AFMC, Eglin AFB, Fla., to PEO, Weapons, AF Life Cycle according to wing officials. Mgmt. Center, AFMC, Eglin AFB, Fla. ... Maj. Gen. Craig S. Olson, from PEO, Business & The 174th Fighter Wing schoolhouse Enterprise Sys., ESC, AFMC, Maxwell AFB-Gunter Annex, Ala., to PEO, Command, Con- is the first ANG Reaper unit and is trol, & Comm. Info. & Networks, AF Life Cycle Mgmt. Center, AFMC, Hanscom AFB, Mass. tasked with training Active Duty, ANG, ... Maj. Gen. Darryl L. Roberson, from Dir., Strat. Planning, DCS, Strat. Plans & Prgms., Air Force Reserve, and foreign military USAF, Pentagon, to the Vice Dir., Jt. Staff, Pentagon ... Gen. (sel.) Larry O. Spencer, from Dir., Force Structure, Resources, & Assessments, Jt. Staff, Pentagon, to Vice C/S, USAF, MQ-9 pilots. Pentagon ... Maj. Gen. Margaret H. Woodward, from Spec. Asst. to the DCS, Ops., Plans, Half the 45-day course, to upgrade & Rqmts., USAF, Pentagon, to AF Chief, Safety, USAF, Pentagon. n from the MQ-1 Predator to the MQ-9 Reaper, is done at Syracuse, while Germany, linking various nations’ missile solar array to begin onboard power the other half is spent flying Reapers interceptors and sensors spread across generation, AFSPC said May 17.
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