Aerospace World

By Suzann Chapman, Associate Editor

Geese Caused AWACS Disaster released acci- dent investigation board findings that confirmed earlier speculation that a flock of geese caused the crash of an E-3B Sentry in Alaska on September 22, 1995. The Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft's two left- wing engines ingested several Can- ada geese, according to the official Although they form only a small part of the US report released January 11. fleet, C-17s have The result was an immediate, un- delivered, as of Febru- confined, catastrophic failure of the ary 5, about 42.3 percent number two engine as well as com- of the cargo airlifted for pressor stalls in the number one en- Operation Joint En- gine," the report stated. It added that deavor. Here, SSgt. the E-3 began a "slow left-hand climb- Christopher Dockery, ing turn, struck a hilly wooded area 17th Airlift Squadron, less than one mile off the departure Charleston AFB, S. C., coordinates offloading end of the [Elmendorf AFB] runway of Humvees at Sarajevo and broke apart." Airport. The crash killed all twenty-four crew members and destroyed the aircraft. [See "AWACS Crash Claims Twenty- Four Lives," November 1995 "Aero- space World," p. 14.]

What About Human Error? The report ruled out crew error, stating that "the aircrew did every- thing humanly possible to fly this air- craft out of an unflyable situation." However, it did note two other factors that "substantially contributed to the accident." stepped up bird-control efforts to in- Current plans call for the was the failure of the airfield clude increasing flight-line patrols and drawdown to bottom out at about tower controller to notify the AWACS installing sound cannons to disperse 385,000 troops. crew or airfield management about a the birds. flock of geese that had been flushed Perry Sees Force Structure Going when a C-130, using the same run- USAF Drops Below 400,000 Defense Secretary William J. Perry way, took off just two minutes before For the first time in decades, Air will cut force structure further if hoped- the E-3 began its takeoff roll. Force strength has dipped below for increases in defense spending— The second factor was that the 400,000 troops. as well as anticipated savings from base "lacked an aggressive program Data released by the Pentagon base closings and acquisition re- to detect and deter" the presence of December 20 showed that USAF ac- form—don't materialize. Such cuts the large birds and "did not adequately tive-duty personnel numbered 398,560 would also require a change in na- prepare for the migration season." on October 31, 1995. The Air Force tional strategy, he said. According to the report, the 3d Wing has shed nearly 210,000 active-duty Secretary Perry told Washington mistakenly believed its program was men and women in the past nine years. defense reporters on January 24 that sound, based on an Air Force Safety The last time the Air Force ended a the department's five-year defense Agency team's July 1995 endorse- fiscal year with fewer than 400,000 plan has "embedded in it . . . impor- ment of the wing's written plan to troops was in 1948 during its first full tant increases in modernization" and handle potential aircraft birdstrike year as an independent service. Air that "all" of the savings from base problems. Force strength at the end of Fiscal closures, amounting to some $10 bil- Since the accident, according to a 1948 was 387,730. USAF's postwar lion in Fiscal 1997, are earmarked for PACAF release, base officials have strength peaked in 1953 at 977,593. development and purchase of new

10 AIR FORCE Magazine / March 1996 Clearing the Air on More B-2s

The Clinton Suggestion The White House Leak "I signed this appropriations bill [containing B-2 bomber "President Clinton has ordered aides to take 'a fresh look' funds], and I think it was the right decision. . . . You know I at buying more B-2 bombers, causing fits at the Pentagon, have mixed feelings about the B-2. I think it's a good plane, which opposes more of the expensive stealth planes, but the but I don't think we need as many as the Congress wants to action is certain to boost hopes in California and other key build. And I think if we are going to have limited funds, we electoral states where the aircraft is made. should do things that we know we need for our long-term "White House officials say the President has not decided to planning—like the C-17, another thing that's of real impor- seek more than the twenty bombers already ordered, but his tance to California that I have supported consistently since willingness to reconsider the issue comes after three years in 1991. that I really believe in. But I signed the bill. There are which his administration unflinchingly maintained that addi- going to be more B-2s built. . . . tional planes were unaffordable and unnecessary." "I think [B-2 supporters in Congress] want to build more From the article, "White House May Beef Up Order for than we need, and I think they want to build more than even B-2 Bombers," published in the February 4, 1996, Wash- the Pentagon thinks we need. But there are circumstances ington Post. under which I could go along with building some more. But it depends on what our overall defense needs are and what the The Kaminski Confirmation defense budget's going to be—not just this year, but in the "We're in a period where there's been some disagreement outyears, as compared with the other things that we need to between the Congress and the Administration on the B-2, do in this country. - [resulting in] the addition of $493 million. With that new fact, President Clinton, in a December 20, 1995, interview any Administration would come back and look at the issue to with Los Angeles Times reporters in Washington, D. C. try to understand and resolve the basis of the disagreement— The bill to which Clinton refers is the Fiscal Year 1996 so we're involved in discussions to do that. But fundamen- Defense Appropriations Act, which contains $493 million tally, from my perspective, nothing has changed in the under- in new B-2 funds. lying foundation of that [previous bomber] study. . . . "The underlying rationale of the study that I spoke of—the The Perry Interpretation assumptions made and the conclusions—I've not seen any- "The extra twenty B-2s, which some have proposed that we thing that would change that basis. . . . buy, will cost us about $30 billion over the life cycle of that "Those conclusions were that buying additional B-2s would program. We have to ask ourselves the question, 'What else add value, but that there were more cost-effective things to be could you do with that $30 billion?' We have asked ourselves done with additional funding. For example, it was more cost- that question. [Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition effective to weaponize the B-2s that we had rather than to buy and Technology] Dr. [Paul] Kaminski's bomber modernization new ones. It was also more cost-effective to provide some of study looked precisely at that question. His study makes a the upgrades that were available to us on the B-1 fleet. . compelling argument that, first of all, our bombing needs are "I think from my perspective [the question of whether to buy met by a fleet of bombers—long-range, short-range, tactical, more B-2s] has been answered, and I don't see anything at strategic, some of them stealth, some of them not stealth— the moment that would change the conclusion. . . . and they work in harmony with each other. And, if you're "Yes, [DoD has been asked to participate in a new White putting more money into that bomber force, the highest payoff House study]. We've had discussions, and we're providing for the first $10 billion more comes not from buying more B- information back as you would expect." 2s, it comes from buying more advanced precision weapons, Under Secretary of Defense Paul G. Kaminski, author which go on all of our bomber force, not just on our B-2s. I of DoD's 1995 study on bomber requirements, at a Febru- found that argument quite compelling. . ary 5, 1996, Pentagon press briefing. "We're building B-2s right now. We've only delivered, I think, nine to this point, out of the twenty. We'll be building B- The White House Decision 2s for a couple of years to come. I'm not supporting and the "President Clinton met with [his senior advisors] to discuss President is not supporting funding that $30 billion for the the National Security Council review of B-2 bomber acquisi- next twenty B-2s. It's nowhere in our program. And, I might tion options. . . . The Administration believes that no addi- say, implicitly it's not in the Congressional Republican pro- tional B-2s are required and will not include any money for gram that has the seven-year balanced budget. There's no additional B-2s in its Fiscal Year 1997 budget. The Depart- way of balancing the budget with a $30 billion B-2 program in ment of Defense will, however, expand an ongoing study . . there, as I see it." to examine tradeoffs [among] long-range bombers, land- and Defense Secretary William J. Perry, responding to ques- seabased tactical aircraft, and missiles that are used to strike tions posed by John A. Tirpak, senior editor of Air Force the enemy's rear area." Magazine, at a January 24, 1996, session of the Defense White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry in a state- Writers Group in Washington, D. C. ment issued February 8, 1996.

systems. Success in "reaping the not be able to have adequate mod- "required" to support the national strat- savings from acquisition reform," ernization." egy of being able to fight two nearly while difficult to predict, is also being If that happens, the Secretary con- simultaneous major regional conflicts. counted on to enrich the moderniza- tinued, "I would not go back on my Asked if he would adjust the mili- tion accounts. priority to [maintain near-term] readi- tary strategy to accommodate a small- "We have to get more dollars in the ness. I do not think we dare let our er force, Secretary Perry said, "You'd top line to get more into moderniza- modernization go below what we have to." tion," he asserted. project, and therefore, the only alter- He said that modernization ac- He then added, "If any of these native . . . is to cut force structure." counts have been in a "slowdown . . . three assumptions is not met—and He quickly added that he does not over the last five years" because the this is what I'm concerned about—if want to cut force structure, because overall shrinkage of the military has we fail in any of those, then we would he believes the existing force size is permitted retirement of older equip-

AIR FORCE Magazine / March 1996 11 ment while remaining units kept the vered the aircraft "beyond approved sions, according to USAF Capt. Dub newest and most capable systems. flight standards," according to a Janu- Morris of the Provide Promise Op- "But the drawdown in forces is about ary release. erations Center at Vicenza, Italy. over now, and so we have to start The F-15 was destroyed in the In all, twenty-one participating na- increasing our modernization in or- crash, but the pilot ejected safely. tions flew 12,951 sorties-4,597 by der to preserve long-term readiness," The pilot, Capt. Garth Doty with US aircraft—bringing in more than he said. the 18th Wing at Kadena AB, Japan, 160,000 metric tons of food, medi- "exceeded the maximum angle of at- cine, and relief supplies. During some Pentagon Proposes C-17 tack while using external wing [fuel] months, eighty-five percent of the Multiyear Buy tanks, causing the aircraft to spin out city's aid came via the air bridge. The Defense Acquisition Board has of control and crash," the investigat- Even in recent weeks, following recommended multiyear procurement ing officer concluded in the report. the peace agreement, combatants on of the C-17 at a maximum production The report also stated that a fuel the ground fired on aircraft, including rate of fifteen a year, which would transfer and weight imbalance prob- a 37th AS C-130 in late December. fulfill the planned 120-plane fleet in lem from the external fuel tanks con- Kevlar armor added to the aircraft 2003. tributed to the accident. prevented a small-arms round from The proposal, which must be ap- At the time of the crash, the pilot penetrating the flight deck, accord- proved by Congress, would cut $900 was participating in attack training ing to a USAF release. million—five percent—from the price during a PACAF Cope Thunder exer- Ninety-three aircraft were fired on, of buying the airplanes at the slower cise, held several times each year in including an Italian transport that was rate of twelve a year and will con- Alaska. shot down, killing its crew of four. clude production nearly two years After 140 missions, the senior load- earlier. Greater efficiencies and lower French Fly Last Provide Promise master for the 37th AS, MSgt. Ricky overhead make the savings possible. A French C-130 flying a humani- C. Gehris, wondered what history The buy would include purchase of tarian relief mission into Sarajevo, would reveal about the endeavor. He C-17 engines, as well. Bosnia-Hercegovina, on January 9 said, "To me it's something most At fifteen per year, the multiyear provided a ceremonial pallet of food people won't comprehend." buy will bring C-17s in at a cost of to end Operation Provide Promise, Sergeant Gehris flew the first US $173 million each, in Fiscal 1996 dol- the longest-running air supply effort mission to land at Sarajevo and the lars. in history. first airdrop mission, which began The eighty aircraft yet to be pur- The operation, which began on July when landing became too danger- chased would be bought in fiscal years 1, 1992, officially terminated on Janu- ous. He said that, though people were as follows: 1997, eight; 1998, nine; ary 4. apprehensive at first, they thought it 1999, thirteen; 2000, fifteen; 2001, Another French C-130 had initi- would be just a routine airlift opera- fifteen; 2002, fifteen; 2003, five. ated the United Nations airlift three- tion. As the operation progressed, he and-one-half years earlier. said, things got more hostile—it wasn't Pilot Faulted in F-15 Crash Ten minutes before the last air- routine anymore. An Air Force investigation into the craft landed, a C-130 from the 37th The Sergeant also flew the last US August 3, 1995, crash of an F-1 5C in Airlift Squadron, Ramstein AB, Ger- flight. He added, "I never would have a military operating area about 110 many, delivered its last load of sup- guessed it would last this long." miles east of Eielson AFB, Alaska, plies. The 37th AS flew more than revealed that the pilot had maneu- ninety percent of the US airlift mis- Watch Pilots Lock On Targets Senior defense officials revealed in early January that US Air Force and Navy pilots helping enforce the UN-sanctioned no-fly and no-drive zones over southern Iraq routinely target Iraqi defense installations. The news came during a January 7 visit to the Joint Task Force–South- west Asia (JTF-SWA) by Secretary Perry. He told reporters and task force members that this tactic, more than anything else, gets Saddam Hussein's attention. "He cannot avoid it, he can- not ignore it, he sees it every day." As reported by the Associated Press, USAF Maj. Gen. Carl E. Frank- lin, JTF-SWA commander, explained the Operation Southern Watch mis- sions, saying, "Our . . . aircrews fly against targets they would be expected to pursue in our contingency plans." He added, "We do so with the intent of having our force visible to the Iraqi regime so that there is no doubt in Brig. Gen. Charles D. Burn field, North Carolina ANG commander, accepted a their minds as to our resolve." safety achievement award from Lockheed Martin in December for the 145th Coalition airpower provides fifty to Airlift Wing's completion of 100,000 accident-free flying hours in the C-130. The 125 sorties daily to enforce the UN 145th may be the first operational unit to reach this major milestone. operation. 12 AIR FORCE Magazine / March 1996 Aerospace World Joint STARS Following threatening moves made worked with top Senior Enlisted Ad- by Iraq in October 1994, pilots are visors from the Air Force and the Arms proliferation, decentraliza- more alert for signs of advancing ar- other services, the service decided tion of military power, political mored columns, according to a se- to stick with the present process of nior JTF officer. The officer said that pinning on a new rank when the pro- instability, and reduced forward if the pilots spotted a column in the motion becomes effective, rather than presence dramatically increase the restricted zone, they could attack it. earlier, when selected. Mr. Perry further stated, "We think Although General Fogleman noted need for around-the-clock informa- we won't have to fight because the that frocking provides "instant recog- tion on the location and movement capability we have here is so impres- nition at the higher grade," he said sive that no sane aggressor would that the current process ensures that of potentially hostile surface forces. challenge it." "we don't exceed, or appear to ex- Doubling the size of the currently ceed, our grade limits." Policy Change Masks Degrees programmed Joint STARS fleet will Starting with the 1996 major's board, USAF Merges SC and IM give our diplomats and military meeting this month, the Air Force will The long anticipated merger of the "mask" the advanced academic de- information management (IM) and commanders this critical advantage_ gree status of candidates from cen- command, control, communications, anywhere in the world, anytime, tral selection boards considering line and computers (C 4) functions will take officers for promotion to either cap- place in early 1996, according to a under any conditions. A revolu- tain or major, according to Air Force December release. Secretary of the tionary system proven in combat Chief of Staff Gen. Ronald R. Fogle- Air Force Sheila E. Widnall approved man. He announced the policy change the merger, creating a new career and peacekeeping, Joint STARS in a January news release. field called "communications and in- provides both moving imagery that In effect, the Air Force will remove formation," which will retain the cur- the entry that indicates completion or rent C 4 office symbol of "SC." detects, locates, and tracks vehicles noncompletion of an advanced de- The 85,000 officers and enlisted in real time and high-resolution, gree from an officer's selection brief, personnel affected by the move will a summary of personal and career receive additional training. Enlisted near-real-time Synthetic Aperture information used by a promotion board personnel will continue testing for Radar still during the selection process. How- promotion in their current Air Force images to its ever, once the officer comes up for Specialty Codes. promotion consideration to lieuten- An Air Force statement said that deterrents. 18 onboard ant colonel, the information will again the service is "sensitive to the con- workstations be shown in the brief. cerns and anxieties that any merger Impetus for the change came from generates." However, the statement and to Army responses to the 1995 Quality-of-Life also emphasized the "inseparable Ground Station Modules (GSN1s). Survey, in which a majority of officers relationship" between the two func- saw factors other than job performance tional areas. "The combination of This enables the aircraft and the playing too great a role in promotion these disciplines into a single func- GSMs to perform command-and- consideration. General Fogleman noted tional area will guarantee that the that when service officials compared vision the Air Force has for informa- control functions and coordinate career fields, they found "a consider- tion dominance will be met." airborne and land-based strike able difference" in timing of comple- Just a month earlier, the service tion of advanced degrees. had separated three career fields it forces. Also, their connectivity with The new policy, he said, will "level had merged in 1993. In that case, other space, airborne, and ground- the playing field" across all career USAF decided that air traffic control, fields, some of which "do not enjoy air weapons control, and operations based surveillance and reconnais- the same opportunity for off-duty edu- management were too diverse to be sance assets makes Joint STARS one cation that others do." He specifically consolidated. [See "Splitting Com- mentioned aircraft maintenance, se- mand and Control," February 1996 of the most effective force multipli- curity police, and operators. "Aerospace World," p. 20.] ers in our arsenal. Joint STARS —a He stressed that the policy change does not lessen the importance of New Year Brings Ninth B-2 peacekeeping, crisis-management, degrees but emphasizes completion Two 509th Bomb Wing pilots, Maj. and war-fighting solution for the "at the right time for the right rea- Bob Tilson and Capt. Frank Cavuoti, sons." flew the ninth operational B-2 Spirit next century. to its home at Whiteman AFB, Mo., No Frocking for Enlisted Troops from the Northrop Grumman plant at During last year's enlisted evalua- Palmdale, Calif., on January 11. It JAIIIIIiiromm, _TEAM tion system review, some enlisted was the first bomber delivered in 1996. members suggested that the Air Force Current plans call for Northrop should "frock" its enlisted members. Grumman to produce another eleven The Air Force announced in January B-2s by early 1998. The final number NORTHROP GRUMMAN MOTOROLA that current procedures "best satisfy" of stealth bombers the Air Force will wEsTINGHOuSE NORDEN '',YSTEM • RAvTHEON LEES S -)N1C SYSTEM COMPUTING DE HCES INTERNATIONAL- GREENWICH AIR SERVICES service needs. procure is still in doubt as Congress MAGNAVOX ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS COMPANY • TELEPHONICS Based on recommendations from and the Clinton Administration wran- CUBIC DEFENSE SYSTEMS • INTERSTATE ELECTRONICS PAR GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS • ROCKWELL • 510015 CMSAF David J. Campanale, who gle over budget issues.

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The eight earlier B-2s have all been The Air Force also announced in which airmen arrived at their first duty named after various states, starting November that the 's locations as semiskilled apprentices, with the first, known as Spirit of Mis- 172d Airlift Wing at Jackson, Miss., MRT training develops airmen who souri, which arrived December 17, would receive six C-17s and that the can start working on their own imme- 1993. The other seven are named for service would establish a training unit diately. California, Texas, Washington, South at Altus AFB, Okla., with eight C-1 7s. According to Air Force news re- Carolina, Kansas, Nebraska, and leases, six airmen graduated from Georgia, named in December. Carrier Landings Impress USAF the first 111-day C-130 crew chief Pilots training program December 15 and AFRES To Share New C-17s Six Air Force instructor pilots now seven from the first 114-day F-15 The Air Force Reserve announced have an "up close and personal" un- program on December 22. December 18 that additional units derstanding of Navy flying after their The new-style C-130 MRT program currently flying C-141 transport at exchange visit aboard USS John F. includes ninety-one days of funda- Charleston AFB, S. C., and McChord Kennedy, off NAS Cecil Field, Fla. mentals and "cold" training—learn- AFB, Wash., would convert to USAF's The Air Force IPs from Laughlin ing the aircraft and its systems in the newest airlifter, the C-17. The move AFB, Tex., observed preflight brief- classroom at Sheppard AFB, Tex. follows the Defense Acquisition ings and preparations by Navy stu- The follow-on "hot," or hands-on, Board's decision to procure eighty dent pilots making their first attempts phase features twenty days working additional C-17s and USAF's subse- at aircraft carrier landings. They also on operational C-130s at Little Rock quent decision on where to base them. experienced carrier landings first- AFB, Ark. The timing of the changeovers de- hand, flying in the back seat of Navy Similarly for the F-15 MRTs, the pends on delivery of new C-17 air- T-45s. airmen start at Sheppard with twenty- craft to the active-duty airlift wings at "The thing I was most impressed three days of fundamentals and Charleston and McChord. Under the with was the accuracy with which the seventy-three days of "cold" training. associate program, Reserve person- [Navy] pilots had to land on the car- They then move to Tyndall AFB, Fla., nel at those locations will share the rier," said Capt. Max Tipton, an IP for another eighteen days of "hot" aircraft with their active-duty coun- with Laughlin's 86th Flying Training training on operational F-15s. terparts, rather than maintaining sepa- Squadron. With these two courses, the Air rate complements of C-17s. Captain Tipton and the other USAF Force now has four MRT programs Charleston has the only operational IPs said the visit helped them under- on line. The first two courses to pro- C-17s, which the active-duty 437th stand Navy terminology and flying duce MRTs were those for the F-16 Airlift Wing shares with two Reserve operations. Navy IPs from NAS Kings- and C-141. The first HH-53 helicop- 315th AW squadrons. Based on the ville, Fla., had previously visited ter MRTs graduate next month. USAF decision to locate a second Laughlin, where they observed Air active-duty C-17 squadron at Charles- Force training and flew in T-38s. [See Help for Cycle Test ton, the 315th plans to convert its two "Training Together," p. 34.] The controversial cycle ergometry remaining C-141 squadrons to C-17s. program has a new look for 1996, Likewise, USAF's plans to locate Cold Plus Hot Equals Mission- and USAF officials hope it will shift two active-duty C-17 squadrons with Ready the focus from scores to aerobic fit- the 62d AW at McChord led to the Two more new aircraft maintenance ness. Reserve decision to convert its three training programs produced Mission- Air Force Surgeon General offi- C-141 associate squadrons, part of Ready Technicians (MRTs) in De- cials at Bolling AFB, D. C., announced the 446th AW, to C-17s. cember. Unlike previous programs in in late December that the changes would begin January 2, 1996. They include: • Hiring a trained exercise physi- ologist at each base—some have al- Index to Advertisers ready done so—to manage the pro- gram, to train people who administer the test, and to help commanders assess repeated failures. • Eliminating the six categories of American Military University 57 performance in favor of a "pass-fail" Cable & Computer Technology Inc. 94 system, although it will still be neces- 95 Computer Business Services, Inc. sary to score in category three or GEICO 7 Lockheed Martin Cover II and 9 higher to pass. Loral Corp. 4 • Centralizing the assessments at Magnavox Electronic Systems Co. 13 base fitness centers. McDonnell Douglas Aerospace Cover IV • Using USAF-developed computer Montgomery, Ala., Convention & Visitor Center 94 software to let monitors know what Northrop Grumman 14 and 15 actions to take and when to take Raytheon Aircraft Co. 33 them. Raytheon Electronic Systems Cover III • Establishing a service-wide stan- 3 Rockwell International, Collins Avionics and Communications Div. dard process for those who fail the Westinghouse ESG 19 assessment, beginning with a retest within one week. AFA Member Supplies 95 Two years ago, only seventy per- AFA National Report 88 cent of USAF personnel passed the 16 AIR FORCE Magazine / March 1996 claims. The Air Force Office of Special Investigations uncovered the illegal practices for which Mr. Bullock also received a one-year sentence in a fed- eral penitentiary and a $3,000 fine. • The Louisiana Wing, represent- ing the Southwest Region, won the annual National Ca- det Competition held at Maxwell AFB, Ala., December 28-29. What began in 1948 as the National Drill Compe- tition has evolved into a match test- ing knowledge of aerospace facts, leadership, and current events, drill and ceremonies, and physical fitness. The Illinois Wing won second place for the Great Lakes Region, and the Southeast Region won third place. • The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission closed its doors December 29 after completing its charter—in all, recommending the In January, Lockheed Martin technicians placed the first of seven F-22 test closure of 243 installations via clo- canopies into a test rig where it will be pressurized then checked for leaks. sure rounds in 1991, 1993, and 1995. Program officials will use the canopies later this year to test the F-22's modi- • Aeronautical Systems Center at fied ACES II ejection seat. Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, issued a request for proposal December 14 cycle test, according to the Surgeon board in mid-January [see "First Com- to upgrade the AT/T-38 avionics and General's staff. The most recent fig- mand Board Meets," January 1996 aircrew training devices. The up- ures climbed to eighty percent. "Aerospace World," p. 14]. Following graded system will be the T-38C. the board's selections and the Chief ASC expects to complete source se- MATT Completes Testing of Staff's approval, major commands lection this summer. Bringing near-real-time threat data then made their choices. The service • Northrop Grumman announced into a fighter cockpit is a step closer expects to publish the new com- January 3 that it had signed an agree- now that tests are over and produc- mander assignments next month. ment to acquire the defense and elec- tion of the multimission advanced • The Enola Gay exhibit at the tronics systems business of Westing- tactical terminal (MATT) has started, National Air and Space Museum, house Electric Corp. for $3 billion in according to Electronic Systems Cen- which opened June 28, 1995, logged cash. Subject to government and ter (ESC) officials at Hanscom AFB, its half-millionth visitor on January regulatory reviews, the companies Mass., in December. 16. As of the end of January, a total expect to close the sale this month. The MATT, a miniaturized, ultra- of 524,810 had been through the ex- • On January 8, Lockheed Martin high-frequency receiver, delivers over- hibition, which features the B-29 air- and Loral announced a series of inter- the-horizon threat data using encrypt- craft that dropped the first atomic related transactions with an estimated ed digital information from national bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. Two value exceeding $10 billion. These intelligence sources, according to years ago, reports by Air Force Maga- will include combining the companies' ESC Program Manager John Kasiano- zine and the Air Force Association defense electronics and system inte- wicz. He said that during recent field alerted the public to plans by mu- gration businesses, formation of Loral tests the terminal delivered continu- seum curators to display the Enola Space and Communications Corp., ous threat updates. Gay as a prop in a politicized horror and purchase by Lockheed Martin of ESC expects to produce 120 MATTs show. The Smithsonian Institution, an equity position in Loral Space. initially, each costing about $150,000. of which the museum is a part, even- • Fire destroyed the fitness center The system will be used on special tually canceled the flawed exhibit in at March AFB, Calif., on January 17. operations aircraft and, potentially, favor of a straightforward display of Base officials estimate the damage battle-management aircraft. It has the bomber and presentation of fac- at more than $3 million. The cause is been demonstrated using an F-15 by tual information. Public response to under investigation. USAF's Space Warfare Center. the revised exhibit has been very • DoD began accepting bulk dona- favorable. tions from US citizens and organiza- News Notes • Herbert Anderlik on January 11 tions for transport to US military units • The President has nominated Maj. became the first foreign employee in in Bosnia in February. The Defense Gen. Michael D. McGinty, USAF's di- Europe to complete fifty years of ser- Logistics Agency is coordinating the rector of Personnel Programs, Educa- vice with US forces, according to Gen. program and provides information via tion, and Training, for a third star. Pend- Richard E. Hawley, US Air Forces in a twenty-four-hour recording at (703) ing Senate confirmation, General Europe commander, who presented 767-5266. McGinty would replace outgoing Gen. the Czech Republic native with a cer- • Anyone who would like to write Eugene E. Habiger as the Air Force tificate of service. to a service member deployed in sup- deputy chief of staff for Personnel. • Columbus AFB, Miss., received port of the Bosnian peacekeeping General Habiger is the new command- $152,753 in restitution in December operation may address mail to: Any er in chief of US Strategic Command. from Charles Bullock, a contracted Service Member, Operation Joint • USAF convened the first wing housing maintenance site manager Endeavor, FPO AE 09397. For those and group commander screening found guilty of falsifying government aboard ship: Any Service Member,

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Operation Joint Endeavor, APO AE December 11 for their disaster re- Retired Col. Richard Moody Suter 09398. For families in Germany: Any sponse actions in the Oklahoma City died suddenly January 11. He was Family Member, Operation Joint En- federal building bombing on April 19, sixty years old. An Air Force fighter deavor, APO AE 09399. 1995. About 1,700 military members pilot for more than twenty-five years, • The Joint Direct Attack Munition received the Humanitarian Service he is perhaps best remembered as Acquisition Team won the 1995 Out- Medal and more than 430 civilians, the creator and designer of Red Flag, standing Achievement Award for Ac- the Exemplary Civilian Service Medal. USAF's premier fighter training pro- quisition Reform and the Air Force gram, conducted at Nellis AFB, Nev. Acquisition "Lightning Bolt" Award. Obituaries Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ronald JDAM is a joint USAF-Navy program Aviation pioneer Robert McCul- R. Fogleman has already stated that that developed an adverse-weather, loch died at home in Dallas, Tex., on the Red Flag Building 201 will be accurate guidance kit for 1,000- and November 30 at the age of ninety- dedicated in Colonel Suter's name. 2,000-pound bombs currently in the two. He worked his way up in the During his career, he served as an military inventory for use on the B-1, aviation industry and, during World undergraduate pilot training instruc- B-2, B-52, F-15, F-16, F/A-18, F-22, War II, headed North American Avia- tor pilot, flew more than 200 Vietnam and AV-8B aircraft. tion production, which built the P-51 combat missions, and instructed at • Maj. Scott E. Neilson, 304th Res- at the company's Grand Prairie, Tex., Nellis's Fighter Weapons School. cue Squadron, Portland IAP, Ore., facility. When the plant closed after Following a tour at the Pentagon, and Maj. Max H. Della Pia, 95th Airlift the war, he reopened it with another where he conceived Red Flag, Colo- Squadron, General Mitchell IAP/ARS, former NAA executive, founding the nel Suter commanded the 555th Fight- Wis., are the Reserve Texas Engineering & Manufacturing er Squadron at Luke AFB, Ariz. On representatives serving on Capitol Co., later known as Temco Aircraft his last tour, he created a war- Hill under the Legislative Fellows Co. It evolved into LTV (Ling-Temco- gaming center, the Warrior Prepara- Program. They will work as Congres- Vought) Corp. Temco Electronics & tion Center, at Ramstein AB, Ger- sional staffers until December 1996. Missiles Co. became E-Systems. He many. USAFE has also proposed that • More than 2,000 Tinker AFB, was named LTV's chairman of the a building at that center be named in Okla., employees received medals board and CEO in 1961. his honor. •

Senior Staff Changes

RETIREMENTS: BIG Dwight M. Kealoha, B/G Stephen C. Support, J-3, Jt. Staff, Washington, D. C. . . . Col. (BIG se- Mannell, B/G Floyd K. Tedrow. lectee) Richard A. Coleman, Jr., from Dir., Security Police, ACC, Langley AFB, Va., to Chief, Security Police, Hq. USAF, PROMOTIONS: To be General: Eugene E. Habiger. Washington, D. C., replacing retired B/G Stephen C. Mannell To be Brigadier General: Brian A. Arnold, John R. Baker, . . . L/G (Gen. selectee) Eugene E. Habiger, from DCS/ Richard T. Banholzer, John L. Barry, John D. Becker, Robert Personnel, Hq. USAF, Washington, D. C., to CINC, Hq. F. Behler, Scott C. Bergren, Paul L. Bielowicz, Franklin J. USSTRATCOM, Off utt AFB, Neb.... M/G Michael V. Hayden, Blaisdell, John S. Boone, Clayton G. Bridges, John W. Brooks, from Special Ass't to the Cmdr., AIA, Kelly AFB, Tex., to Cmdr., Walter E. L. Buchanan III, Carrol H. Chandler, John L. Clay, AIA, and Dir., Jt. Command and Control Warfare Ctr., Kelly Richard A. Coleman, Jr., Paul R. Dordal. AFB, Tex., replacing M/G John P. Casciano. Michael M. Dunn, Thomas F. Gioconda, Thomas B. Goslin, BIG Charles R. Henderson, from Spec. Ass't to the Cmdr., Jr., Jack R. Holbein, Jr., John G. Jernigan, Charles L. Johnson 8th AF, ACC, and Cmdr., Combined Task Force, Operation II, Lawrence D. Johnston, Dennis R. Larsen, Theodore W. Provide Comfort, USEUCOM, lncirlik AB, Turkey, to Dep. Dir., Lay II, Fred P. Lewis, Stephen R. Lorenz, Maurice L. McFann, Operational Requirements, DCS/P&O, Hq. USAF, Washing- Jr., Timothy J. McMahon, John W. Meincke, Howard J. Mitchell, ton, D. C., replacing Col. Russell J. Anarde B/G Donald A. William A. Moorman, Teed M. Moseley. Lamontagne, from Dep. Dir., Roles and Missions, J-5, Jt. Robert M. Murdock, Michael C. Mushala, David A. Nagy, Staff, Washington, D. C., to Commanding Gen., Combined Wilbert D. Pearson, Jr., Timothy A. Peppe, Craig P. Rasmussen, Task Force, Operation Provide Comfort, USEUCOM, Incirlik John F. Regni, Victor E. Renuart, Jr., Richard V. Reynolds, AB, Turkey, replacing B/G Charles R. Henderson ... Col. (BIG Earnest 0. Robbins II, Steven A. Roser, Mary L. Saunders, selectee) Timothy A. Peppe, from Cmdr., 47th FTW, AETC, Glen D. Shaffer, James N. Soligan, Billy K. Stewart, Francis Laughlin AFB, Tex., to Dir., Contingency Ops., 16th AF, X. Taylor, Garry R. Trexler, Rodney W. Wood. USAFE, Vicenza, Italy . . . Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, from To be ANG Major General: James F. Brown, William A. Cmdr., Hq. ACC, Langley AFB, Va., to Vice Chairman, JCS, Henderson, Timothy J. Lowenberg, James McIntosh, Melvyn Washington, D. C. S. Montano, Guy S. Tallent, Larry R. Warren. To be ANG Brigadier General: James H. Baker, James H. SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE CHANGES: W. Wade Adams, Bassham, Gary A. Brewington, William L. Fleshman, Allen J. to Chief Scientist, Materials, Wright Lab, Hq. AFMC, Wright- Henderson, John E. lffland, Dennis J. Kerkman, Paul D. Patterson AFB, Ohio . . . James A. Cunningham, to Program Knox, Stephen M. Koper, Anthony L. Liguori, Carl A. Lorenzen, Dir., Training Systems, ASC, AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Kenneth W. Mahon, Terry A. Maynard, Fred L. Morton, Wil- Ohio, replacing Dr. Robert R. Barthelemy. ... David N. Erwin, to liam H. Phillips, Jerry H. Risher, Loran C. Schnaidt, William Dir., Occupational and Environmental Health, Armstrong Lab, J. Shondel, Bruce F. Tuxill. AFMC, Brooks AFB, Tex., replacing John Mitchell ... Robert A. Lach, to Dir., Centralized Request for Proposal Support Team, CHANGES: B/G David E. Baker, from Vice Dir., Operational Hq. AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio ... Kenneth J. Payne, Plans and Interoperability, J-7, Jt. Staff, and Dep. Dir., Jt. Staff, to Dep. Dir., Requirements, Hq. AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Mil. Education, Washington, D. C., to Dep. Dir., National Sys. Ohio, replacing Robert A. Lach.

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