Aerospace World

By Peter Grier

339 Raptors Enough, Says Peters Current plans call for the Air Force to buy 339 production F-22 Raptor fighters to equip 10 Aerospace Expe- ditionary Forces—and that seems to be fine with Air Force Secretary F. Whitten Peters. “Three hundred thirty-nine is about the right number for 10 AEFs,” the Air Force leader told reporter Frank Wolfe USAF photo by 2nd Lt. Christina N. Dunn of Defense Daily, a defense newslet- ter in Washington, D.C. Peters explained that each AEF will have 24 F-22s, for a total of 240 fighters. The extra 99 will be used for training, maintenance pipeline, and replacement. Original plans called for procure- ment of 750 of the stealthy, super- cruising aircraft. Various defense re- views during the 1990s have more than cut the program in half. Dale Zimmerman (right), fantasy contest winner (see item at left), accompanies In recent months, contractor Lock- Lt. Col. Jerry Kerby as he completes an F-15 pre-flight at Tyndall AFB, Fla. heed Martin has been promoting an Zimmerman said the flight was “the best experience I’ve had in my life.” Air Force purchase of 572 production F-22s, with the additional 233 Rap- tors used to bulk up each AEF, ac- than 3,300 entries. Each service Air Force Wants More Minority cording to Lockheed officials. picked one winner. Airmen Peters admits that the Air Force is Zimmerman will soon graduate The Air Force will take its pitch to not planning to buy enough F-22s for from EmbryÐRiddle University with traditionally AfricanÐAmerican col- a one-for-one replacement of front- a bachelor’s degree and hopes to go leges and high schools in an effort to line F-15s. “The counter-answer is to Officer Training School. He has woo more minority recruits, Deputy the F-22 is a more competent air- already been a private pilot for five Secretary of Defense Rudy de Leon plane, and you’ll be using AEFs, not years. said in San Antonio on Aug. 11 dur- wings,” he said. “This is going to show me what ing the annual meeting of the Tus- happens behind the scenes. It will kegee Airmen and the Organization Fantasy Contest Winner To Fly in keep inspiring me to pursue my dream of Black Airline Pilots. F-15 of becoming an Air Force pilot,” he More than 50 years after the famed Dale E. Zimmerman, a 22-year- said. Tuskegee Airmen broke the color old customer service representative Other winners will train with an barrier in the cockpit, minorities are for United Airlines in Junction City, Apache helicopter crew, fly to an still under-represented among Air Ore., spent two days shadowing an Atlantic Fleet carrier, and spend time Force pilots. Only 226 of the service’s F-15 pilot and flying in an F-15D, at the Basic School of the Marine 12,000-plus pilots are AfricanÐAmeri- thanks to an innovative online con- Corps. The Defense Department con- can. Only 200 are Hispanic. test sponsored by the Department of sidered the contest a huge success “Our surveys have found that over Defense. and has launched a new Web site— a seven-year period from 1990 to The “Yahoo! Fantasy Careers in todaysmilitary.com—as a follow-up. 1997, there was an increase in the Today’s Military Contest” was run in The contest showed that the In- percentage of minorities moving into conjunction with Yahoo! Inc. and ternet is a viable recruiting medium, careers in aviation,” said de Leon. lasted from May 20 through July 4. according to Cmdr. Yvette BrownÐ “But overall, the numbers need much Eligible US candidates were invited Wahler, Defense Department assis- improvement.” to register on Yahoo, submit a ré- tant director for recruiting plans. The military has made more ad- sumé, and write a short essay on “Forty percent of the contestants re- vances toward racial integration than their fantasy military career through quested additional information from the private business at large, de Leon the Career Track Web site. respective service regarding career insisted. But it still has far to go, he Overall the Pentagon received more opportunities,” said Brown–Wahler. admitted.

8 AIR FORCE Magazine / October 2000 “We’ve got to find everybody who death if they’ve been exposed to an- rience in the Gulf War is that the has the tools and the skills and give thrax,” he emphasized. “It does pro- Department of Defense has not been them the training and the opportunity tect them.” well structured to deal with any un- to sit there in the cockpit and take He added, though, that they “should usual issues—particularly health is- that F-16 or that F-22 or that Joint not get sick, but can I tell you beyond sues—that arise after deployment. Strike Fighter to the top of the pyra- a matter of question that somebody As a result, on Aug. 8 the Pentagon mid,” he said. wouldn’t get sick? No.” announced the establishment of a “The journey to opportunity does new position: special assistant to the not have a finish line,” de Leon added. What If Anthrax Shots Are Secretary of Defense for Gulf War Interrupted? illnesses, medical readiness, and Anthrax Vaccine Works Well, Will interruptions in the prescribed military deployments. DoD Insists six-shot anthrax vaccination regimen The new job is an expansion of the US troops vaccinated against an- lessen its effectiveness? special assistant for Gulf War illnesses thrax would not sicken in large num- That is a question some critics of post. Its first occupant will be the bers in the wake of a bio-terror an- the program are asking in the wake of current holder of the Gulf War posi- thrax attack, Department of Defense the Pentagon’s recent decision to slow tion, Bernard Rostker. medical experts insist. its mandatory immunization program “We need to remain vigilant, to The officials were responding to a because of a vaccine shortage. make sure the mistakes DoD made in series of recent media reports which More than 455,000 members of the Gulf War aren’t repeated,” said indicated that vaccinated monkeys the military have received one vac- Rostker. exposed to anthrax in an Army test cine shot but have not completed the Among the specific lessons learned became ill for up to two weeks. program, according to Pentagon offi- in the Gulf were the need to maintain The animals in question did not cials. current medical records on all ser- appear to be sick, said Col. Arthur “Does the military view that they vice members, the need to properly Friedlander, senior military scientist have a right to ignore medical proto- train troops in simple safety precau- for the US Army Medical Research col on their soldiers?” asked Rep. tions when using depleted uranium Institute of Infectious Diseases at Ft. Christopher Shays (RÐConn.) at a munitions, and the need to keep per- Detrick, Md. July 13 Congressional hearing on the sonnel informed about the vaccines “Their activity appeared to be nor- subject. they receive. mal,” said Friedlander. Delays in receiving additional “We want to always be ready to It is true that extrapolation from shots will not affect the health of respond to individuals who have con- animal studies to humans is not fool- service personnel, insisted Marine cerns about potential force health proof when it comes to determining Corps Maj. Gen. Randall West, se- related issues,” said Rostker. vaccination efficacy, said the Army nior advisor to the deputy secretary The office is not going to abandon scientist. But the danger of anthrax of defense for chemical and biologi- its Gulf WarÐrelated work, he noted. rules out studies with human volun- cal defense. Since 1994 the US has committed teers. Instead, delays will simply “defer more than $160 million to more than There is no way of running a hu- the additional protection,” West told 150 research projects in an attempt man anthrax vaccine test “unless a the hearing. to understand more about the group cloud appears over Washington, D.C., Department of Defense policy state- of illnesses among veterans that is and the people in the Pentagon sur- ments issued in 1998 hold that some- popularly known as “Gulf War Syn- vive and others don’t,” said Fried- one who had received the first shot drome.” lander. would have to restart the series only Ten years after the war it is becom- Army records obtained by Mark if more than two years had elapsed ing clear that no one solution to the Zaid, an attorney representing sev- since the administration of the initial puzzle of these ailments will be found, eral service members who oppose dose. according to the Pentagon. Defense the vaccination program, hinted that At a Pentagon briefing July 11 an- officials had initially hoped to identify the military’s anthrax vaccine might nouncing the slowdown, West said patterns of GulfÐrelated illnesses. not provide complete immunity. Lab the program is about a year behind They say they have not found any. notes, obtained by Zaid, from one schedule. Following one sick veteran who 1991 test on 10 rhesus monkeys Meanwhile, the civilian federal had served in a company of 200, for reportedly stated that although all agency charged with overseeing the instance, investigators found none of the vaccinated animals survived they nation’s food and drug safety at- the other 199 reported the same ill- appeared to be sick over the course tempted to distance itself from the ness. of two weeks. Pentagon’s anthrax vaccination pro- “It’s very difficult to pin it to an Friedlander disputed the claim. He gram. Deviation from the six-shot environmental exposure when you stated that more careful notes were regimen would not be consistent with have so many people who shared kept in more recent tests and stressed FDA recommendations for the vac- environments who are not coming up that none of the monkeys were inca- cine, Kathryn Zoon, director of the with the same concerns,” said Rost- pacitated in either test. FDA’s Center for Biologics Evalua- ker. Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon tion and Research, told a Senate hear- stated that the monkeys were also ing July 12. National Missile Defense: exposed to levels of anthrax several But given the surrounding circum- Delayed and Deferred hundred times higher than what troops stances the FDA “would not object to The Pentagon’s target date for might expect to face on a battlefield. that plan,” she added. deploying an initial National Missile He said that “everything about this Defense system—2005—will slip a study confirms the effectiveness of Pentagon Establishes New year or two at least. There are two the anthrax vaccine.” Health Position primary reasons. First, continuing “The central element here is whether One of the significant lessons the vaccine protects people from learned from the US military’s expe- Continued on p. 12.

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Budget Fact and Fantasy 600 600 4.5% of GDP

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0 0 50 6 0 70 80 90 00 50 60 70 80 90 00 10 Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Are US military forces at the ragged end of a huge budget shown at right. From all appearances, the US has quadrupled its cut? Or is the Pentagon actually spending four times more than Vietnam outlay in 1968 and is spending six times what it spent at it did at the height of the Vietnam War? the height of the Korean War in 1953. The chart at left, prepared by Air Force Magazine, shows How does Spinney reach this conclusion: by ignoring the actual budgets in constant Fiscal 2001 dollars so that effects of effects of inflation. The result is an illusion. Inflation erodes the inflation are squeezed out. It leaves no doubt that DoD has just purchasing power of the dollar over time. Unless one adjusts for been through its longest year-to-year decline in decades. this anomaly, the picture presented by the data will be distorted. Defense spending has fluctuated greatly over 50 years, rang- Past spending seems less impressive than it was. And the ing from a low of $266 billion in 1955 and $273 billion in 1975 to reverse is true: Current or future spending seems much greater a high of $481 billion in 1952 and $436.4 billion in 1985. There than it really is. have been booms and busts, and spending today is again at a The chart is contained in a Spinney article decrying “a low ebb. rising drumbeat of calls for higher defense budgets over the There is, however, another version of reality. It is produced long term.” Such increases, he avers, “would be tantamount to by Franklin “Chuck” Spinney, a DoD tactical aircraft analyst and a declaration of total war on Social Security and Medicare in long-time critic of defense spending. He is circulating the chart the following decade.”

Figures in FY 2001 Billion Dollars How Congress Cuts and Adds Year President Proposed Enacted +/- Total Change

The dispute between George W. Bush and Al 1980 Carter $288.2 $296.6 $8.4 Gore about defense cuts in the 1990s underscores 1981 Carter $294.3 $331.8 $37.5 Carter +$45.9 a basic truth about defense politics in Washington: 1982 Reagan $336.1 $367.1 $31.0 There often is a big difference between a President’s 1983 Reagan $423.2 $393.6 -$29.6 Pentagon budget proposal and the budget Con- gress finally hammers out. 1984 Reagan $434.7 $410.5 -$24.2 Presidents do not have a free hand to set spend- 1985 Reagan $464.1 $436.4 -$27.7 ing levels. As the chart shows, Congress is a full 1986 Reagan $466.7 $418.7 -$48.1 partner and won’t hesitate to add to or subtract 1987 Reagan $451.0 $404.5 -$46.5 from a White House spending plan. 1988 Reagan $423.5 $396.2 -$27.3 The record of the last 20 years is one of conflict 1989 Reagan $434.5 $390.9 -$43.6 Reagan -$216.0 between the two branches. Congress added $45.9 1990 Bush $385.9 $382.5 -$3.4 billion to President Carter’s last two plans and $60.7 1991 Bush $369.1 $345.5 -$23.6 billion to President Clinton’s first six budgets. 1992 Bush $340.9 $345.3 $4.4 Republican Presidents, on the other hand, have 1993 Bush $318.6 $318.4 -$0.2 Bush -$22.9 not fared well. President Reagan sent eight bud- 1994 Clinton $292.0 $292.8 $0.8 gets up to a DemocraticÐcontrolled Congress. The 1995 Clinton $288.0 $291.9 $3.9 lawmakers cut all but one, slicing away $216 bil- lion. President George Bush suffered a total of 1996 Clinton $275.1 $284.5 $9.4 $22.9 billion in cuts to actual proposals. (All figures 1997 Clinton $266.5 $282.4 $16.0 2001 dollars.) 1998 Clinton $268.8 $277.2 $8.4 1999 Clinton $270.4 $292.6 $22.2 Clinton +$60.7

10 AIR FORCE Magazine / October 2000 The $214 Billion Difference Bush, Clinton Projections in Early 1993 DoD Budget Authority, FY 2001 Dollars

400 Who should get most of the blame (or credit) for the diminishing defense budgets of the 1990s, President 380 Bush or President Clinton?

360 That question became a major issue in the Presidential campaign, and it is addressed in these two charts. (To 340 allow true comparisons, all figures are in Fiscal 2001 dollars.) 320 Bush entered office in January 1989, inheriting a $391 300 billion Reagan budget. As the top chart shows, the 1990 budget, Bush’s first, was $383 billion. His last—in 280 place when he left in January 1993—was $318 billion.

260 This 19 percent decline (red line) stemmed, in part, from the collapse of Soviet power, but it is also true 240 that Bush was forced to cut defense more deeply than

Billions of FY 2001 Dollars he wanted. Congress was demanding further reduc- 220 tions as the price of its cooperation in federal deficit reduction and to fund domestic programs. 200 When he departed, Bush left a long-range plan (green 0 90 91 92 93 94 9596 97 98 99 line). It called for budgets to bottom out at some $300 Fiscal Year billion and then remain essentially flat thereafter. “This Bush Actual Spending Level was approved by Secretary of Defense [Dick] Cheney and is the budget that would have been submitted to Bush Plan, January 1993 the Congress had the outcome of the election been Bush Plan, Adjusted different,” DoD said at the time. Clinton Plan, March 27, 1993 The Bush plan did not survive the first months of the Clinton Administration. In early 1993, Clinton proposed The $125 Billion Backtrack harsh new cuts on top of those already administered by Additions to Clinton’s 1993 Plan Bush. Clinton’s March 1993 plan (dark blue line) proposed to bring spending down to about $260 billion DoD Budget Authority, FY 2001 Dollars annually and keep it there. 400 The difference between the Bush and Clinton plans 380 over six years was $214 billion. (A Clinton Administra- tion revision of Bush’s projection, taking account of 360 lower inflation factors, narrowed the gap to $149 billion, shown by the light blue line.) 340 In the end, Clinton didn’t get to cut defense as deeply 320 as he hoped, as is evident in the lower chart. The dark blue line depicts his original 1993 plan, adjusted for 300 inflation. The red line shows actual spending; it ex- ceeds the Clinton plan by $125 billion.

280 What caused the backtracking? First, Clinton came

Billions of FY 2001 Dollars under severe pressure from Congress and the services, 260 and, as a result, he himself produced a string of higher funding requests (green line). This accounted for about 240 half of the $125 billion increase. Congress added the 220 other half. 200 —Robert S. Dudney 90 91 92 93 94 9596 97 98 99 0 Fiscal Year Actual Spending Level Clinton Plan, March 27, 1993 Clinton Actual Requests

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C-141 crews had transported more than 1,300 military and civilian fire- fighters and equipment to afflicted areas. aircraft flew about 12 fire-related airlift missions and were scheduled for more. Additional ANG personnel had also been providing law enforcement and F-22 Team photo by Judson Brohmer aviation support, as well as shelter, meals, and ground transportation. Guard flying units that had par- ticipated include the 145th Airlift Wing, Charlotte/Douglas IAP, N.C., 146th AW, Channel Islands ANGB, Calif.; and 153rd AW, Cheyenne MAP, Wyo. AFRC flying units included the 302nd AW, Peterson AFB, Colo.; 445th AW, WrightÐPatterson AFB, Ohio; 446th AW, McChord AFB, Wash.; , Lockheed Martin test pilot Jon Beesley flew F-22 Raptor #4002 Aug. 22 to de- March ARB, Calif.; 459th AW, An- monstrate flight maneuvers with the fighter’s weapons bay doors open at high drews AFB, Md.; and 514th AMW, angle of attack. The milestone was the third of nine to be completed this year. McGuire AFB, N.J. The active duty 62nd AW, McChord problems with a key system compo- However, central to any decision AFB, provided two C-141 aircraft and nent have put it behind, and second, is the new booster rocket, which has crews in August. the President pulled the plug. yet to be used in a missile defense President Clinton announced Sept. flight test. Its initial testing was to Uniform Changes Announced 1 that he would leave the decision to have started this spring with a static On Aug. 10 Air Force Chief of Staff deploy the NMD system to his suc- firing at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. But Gen. Michael E. Ryan approved 19 cessor. integration problems mean that test uniform changes recommended by Less than a month earlier, Penta- has already been put off until some- the 95th Air Force Uniform Board. gon officials briefed reporters on the time next spring. Among the changes approved were growing delay with scheduling the The first stage of the new rocket is the development of a new, athletic next test and the problems with de- built by Alliant Techsystems. Stages cut uniform for bodybuilders and the velopment of a three-stage rocket 2 and 3 are manufactured by United development of an optional polyester that carries the system’s “kill vehicle.” Technologies. The rocket motors in- uniform for service personnel who The new booster has proved more volved are already in commercial use, are sensitive to wool. difficult to develop than anticipated. but the missile defense mission means When current supplies run out, the “The gap is getting longer,” said they must be married with new tech- women’s handbag will no longer be Defense Department spokesman Ken nology. That has proved difficult. issued in basic training. Camel pack Bacon Aug. 8, referring to schedule The new rocket will be steered by water containers may now be worn delays in development and subse- electronic impulses from its kill-ve- as part of the standard hot weather quent testing of the new booster. “It hicle warhead, for instance. The uniform. has slipped. The question is: Has it boosters have their own guidance Proposed changes sent back for slipped by so much that it changes mechanisms in commercial use. further staff study include allowing the schedule of the program? That inconspicuous brand names to be question has not been answered.” Total Air Force Fights Fires displayed on the temple of eyeglasses Despite those delays, Defense Active duty, , and sunglasses. Secretary William S. Cohen recom- and Air Force Reserve Command air- mended proceeding with the NMD crews all pitched in to help battle the ABL Receives Key Titanium system when he met with the Presi- wildfires that charred 6.2 million acres Components dent Aug. 29. in the West this summer. More than Team ABL has taken delivery of When Clinton announced his deci- 4,600 airmen, Marines, and soldiers panels that will eventually be fas- sion three days later, he stated that if were committed to fighting the blazes, tened together to form the largest the US committed “today to construct DoD announced Aug. 24. one-piece titanium aircraft compo- the system it most likely would be Aircrews had flown more than 615 nent in the world. operational about 2006 or 2007. If hours with 567 sorties and 561 air- The two 25-foot-by-5.5-foot com- the next President decides to move drops totaling more than 13 million plex contour panels were manufac- forward next year, the system could pounds of fire retardent chemicals, tured by AHF Ducommun, Gardena, still be ready in the same time frame.” stated Pentagon officials. Calif. They will make up the belly skin GOP Presidential candidate George The Air National Guard and Air on the underside of the Airborne La- W. Bush had already begun cam- Force Reserve Command had pro- ser aircraft, at the mid-section where paigning on a promise to quickly move vided eight C-130 aircrews and air- the ABL chemicals are situated. forward with a more ambitious de- craft, equipped with the modular air- ABL program officials picked tita- fense system. borne firefighting system. AFRC nium for the critical section because

12 AIR FORCE Magazine / October 2000 New Air Force Prime-Time Ads Appeal to Sense of Service

The Air Force, for the first time, is paying for advertising on All the spots, save the last, have a voice-over with the line prime-time TV, presenting a series of commercial spots de- “America’s Air Force. Join us,” or “America’s Air Force. No signed to appeal to a potential recruit’s patriotism and sense one else comes close.” of service rather than financial self-interest. Air Force public affairs chief Brig. Gen. Ronald Rand said USAF also unveiled a new recruiting slogan: “No One the slogan is meant to convey that no other career opportunity Comes Close.” The recruiting slogan for the past 30 years— offers as much satisfaction or excitement but that it is also “Aim High”—simply “wasn’t doing it for anybody anymore,” meant to convey that the Air Force keeps America’s enemies said Secretary of the Air Force F. Whitten Peters. at bay and that no other country can match US aerospace The service’s previous TV ads were “too ... ‘me’ oriented,” capabilities. said Gen. Michael E. Ryan, the Air Force Chief of Staff, at an The commercials will run during the Olympics, NBA bas- Aug. 23 press briefing, where he unveiled the six spots that ketball and NFL football games, as well as a variety of shows began airing in September. on network and cable and in syndication. Some will run on Ryan said the Air Force is trying to attract people who want MTV. to belong to something “larger than themselves” and to per- The ads are not strictly targeted at recruiting, Peters said. form service for the nation, and has left the financial incen- They are also meant to tell the American people about the Air tives, such as money for college and enlistment bonuses, to Force. This is an important aspect, Peters said, since most of be explained by recruiters. the American people “have not served and have no contact” The six ads cost $4.4 million to produce, and USAF has with the US military. purchased $28 million of air time at movie theaters and on The spots are also intended to help with retention, Peters popular TV shows and sporting events, about 70 percent of noted. which are geared to viewers in the 18Ð24 years of age “Our people have never seen themselves in prime-time category. The remainder of the time slots selected are aimed before,” he said, adding that the commercials should help at older viewers the Air Force deems to be “influencers” such crystallize for USAF personnel the reasons they joined and as parents, clergy, and teachers—the people likely to be why they should stay. asked by potential recruits for advice about careers. The commercials refer to the “three-quarters of a million The Air Force has never needed to advertise in prime-time Americans” of the Air Force. The figure includes 360,000 before, relying for nearly 50 years on donated public service active troops, 200,000 Guard and Reservists, and 170,000 announcements that often ran “right next to the national civilians who work for the service. anthem” at the close of the broadcast day, Ryan said. Job satisfaction and the sense of making a contribution However, steady shrinkage in the cohort of American were ranked as the highest motivators among personnel who teenagers and the emergence of a hot economy has made re-enlisted, Peters said. Second-term and career re-enlist- recruiting tougher for USAF. The service fell short of its ment rates, after a five-year slide, have leveled off. First-term recruiting goals for the first time in 1999. The 2000 recruiting re-enlistment rates have actually ticked up from 49 percent to goal will be met. However, USAF has dipped into its pool of 52 percent. However, the goal is 55 percent. “wait” recruits who sign up as much as a year in advance of Officer retention rates, after a long decline, have also actually putting on a uniform, Peters said. leveled off in the navigator and mission support fields. How- The one 60-second and five 30-second spots emphasize ever, a decline in retention continues in the pilot and non- the things that marketing focus groups said held the most rated mission support categories. appeal to the target audience, according to Peters. They are: “It’s getting hard to hold onto people who are well-versed a sense of teamwork, a “fast-paced, mission-oriented lifestyle,” in computers” in an information-driven economy, Peters said. and room to have families and “a life.” Ryan showed reporters a list of 20 initiatives, such as He added that he didn’t think it was useful to engage in a bonuses, college loans, retirement reform, a base pay raise, “bidding war” with the other services on bonuses and financial new types of career assistance, and greater use of prior- inducements. service personnel as other aspects of the Air Force’s “attack” One commercial shows aerial tankers refueling the stealthy on the recruiting and retention issue. F-117 and B-2, with the tag line: “People are the fuel we run One of the difficulties in competition with the private sector, on.” Another spot shows an exciting practice dogfight with Ryan said, is that the airlines are retiring their VietnamÐera “How’s my driving?” and a toll-free recruiting number on one trained pilots and maintainers in large numbers and need jet’s tail. The F-22 is showcased in a third commercial, which skilled replacements. highlights its cutting-edge technology. Two ads showing a “It’s not just pilots,” he said. “Anyone with the maintenance broad range of missions and people gearing up for a day’s skills, ... they’ll snap ’em up.” work are designed to spotlight the sense of teamwork and Rand said that the new slogan tested better than any other contribution to an overall goal. One ad meant to tug at the developed by the Air Force’s ad agency, Siegel & Gale, Inc. heartstrings shows a woman and happy children getting One that didn’t make the final cut, but which got rave reviews ready for bed as a lullaby plays; the scene freezes and, as the from within the service, was “America’s Air Force: Don’t make camera pulls back, is revealed as a snapshot clipped by a us come down there.” pilot to the inside canopy of his F-117 flying through the night. —John A. Tirpak

of thermal, strength, and chemical Installation of the titanium belly is provements in schools for military compatibility issues. Each panel has scheduled for the fourth quarter of dependents. 18 14.75-inch holes, which will be 2000. The $1 billion pay pledge would used for the laser exhaust system. amount to about a $750 annual in- The ABL’s chemical-oxygen-iodine Bush Pledges Defense Spending crease for each active duty service laser produces steam as a by-prod- Hike member, over and above the pay raise uct. The steam will be ejected through Texas Gov. George W. Bush, the signed into law by President Clinton holes in the laser exhaust fairing, Republican candidate for President, this year. The $310 million extra that under the belly skin. told a Veterans of Foreign Wars con- Bush said he would spend on educa- The steam will quickly evaporate vention on Aug. 21 that he would tion for military dependents would and will cause no harm to the envi- allocate $1.3 billion for more pay pay for eliminating the backlog of ronment, according to officials. raises for military personnel and im- repair and construction for public

AIR FORCE Magazine / October 2000 13 Aerospace World schools located on or near military hide an A-10 from adversary radar. Others in line for the water tower bases. “This data will assist computer pro- test are Lackland AFB, Tex., Lan- Bush repeated his pledge to re- grammers in developing software that gley AFB, Va., McConnell AFB, view overseas troop deployments and is designed to prolong the life ex- Kans., and Patrick AFB, Fla. Bases asserted the morale in the military pectancy of the pilot during wartime,” that are slated to test the symbol on ranks is “dangerously low.” said Col. Gerald Werth, the 917th’s their entrance gates are Andrews Addressing the same audience the Operations Group commander. AFB, Md., Bolling AFB, D.C., Lack- next day, Vice President Al Gore re- The 917th’s 47th Fighter Squad- land, Maxwell AFB, Ala., Ramstein torted that military spending had fallen ron took part in the experiment be- AB, Germany, Yokota AB, Japan, steadily since 1986, when Ronald cause the unit has permanently loaned and the US Air Force Academy, Colo. Reagan was President, until the Clin- an A-10 to the Air National Guard/Air Also included is Buckley ANGB, ton Administration proposed an in- Force Reserve Command Test Cen- Colo., which becomes Buckley AFB crease in 1998. He neglected to say, ter in Tucson, Ariz., for work on this this month when it is redesignated however, that the Clinton Adminis- important defensive system. an active installation. tration, during its first five years in The July tests were the final phase office, took spending to levels far of a three-part test series. All Air DoD To Survey Reservists below those contemplated by the Bush Force A-10s, active duty and reserve, Between August and November Administration. are expected to be outfitted with the 2000 the Department of Defense will Gore—a Vietnam veteran—said that automatic chaff and flare system by conduct its first comprehensive sur- this year the Clinton Administration 2005. vey in eight years of the satisfaction had won the largest pay increase for “There were instances in Bosnia levels of military reserve force per- the military in 20 years and that over- and Kosovo where A-10s were shot sonnel and their spouses. all military budgets would continue to at with infrared missiles and hit. This A questionnaire will be mailed to go up under a Gore Administration. is bad, and we don’t want it to happen 75,000 National Guard and Reserve “We need to do more; we’ve made again,” said Lt. Col. Herman Brunke, members. A different questionnaire some progress,” he told the VFW. A-10 test manager in Tucson. will be sent to 43,000 spouses. The survey will gather data on a Recruiting Improves Tyndall Training Goes to F-22 wide array of programs, policies, and The Pentagon on Aug. 8 announced On Aug. 18 the Air Force approved issues. Officials hope it will provide a that overall active duty recruiting shifting some of its F-15 Eagle train- comprehensive look at morale, civil- trends are beginning to take a favor- ing effort at Tyndall AFB, Fla., to a ian employment, training levels, ben- able turn. new mission: the F-22. efits, and continuation plans in the The Army exceeded its July re- At the end of the five-year conver- part-time warrior force. cruitment target by 2,382, said offi- sion effort, which is slated to begin in cials. The Air Force beat its goal by 2003, Tyndall will have two F-22 Appropriation Clears Way for 3.7 767. Counting recruits in the Delayed squadrons and one F-15 squadron Percent Pay Raise Entry Program, the Air Force already supporting training operations. The President Clinton in late August had enough sign-ups to meet its goal move will result in a gradual replace- signed the Fiscal 2001 Defense Ap- for the fiscal year. ment of 60 F-15s and an increase of propriations Act, one result of which The Navy and Marine Corps are 400 personnel at the base. will be a new 3.7 percent pay raise for also on target for their year-to-date Flight patterns will stay the same. service members, starting Jan. 1. goals. Training operations over the Gulf of The legislation also funds an initia- Officials credited the improvement Mexico will increase by 7 percent. tive that will allow the Pentagon to to such moves as increased incen- begin eliminating out-of-pocket hous- tives—the Air Force enlistment bo- USAF Road Tests Its New Symbol ing costs. Currently, the basic allow- nus is now $12,000—and full recruiter The Air Force’s new angular winged ance for housing covers only about staffing. symbol will soon be prominently dis- 81 percent of service members’ hous- “Today, there is a war for talent. played at a number of high-visibility ing costs if they live off base. DoD The department continues to explore test sites. seeks to cut this 19 percent out-of- smart and innovative ways to cap- First up was McChord AFB, Wash. pocket expense to 15 percent in Fis- ture the interest of youth while boost- The base had the new logo painted cal 2001 and to zero by 2005. ing recruiter productivity,” said As- on its water tower in late August. The defense health program is sistant Secretary of Defense for Other base water towers and en- funded at $12.1 billion, including Force Management Policy Alphonso trance gates will sport the design as money Congress added to support Maldon Jr. the service moves into the second changes to the military pharmacy phase of testing personnel reaction. benefit. Members of Congress said Auto Chaff Dispenser For A-10 Phase 1 included printing the symbol the legislation also would provide a Twenty-five people and two A-10 on low-cost perishable items such as blueprint for implementing permanent aircraft from the 917th Wing (AFRC), T-shirts and caps. health care for retirees. Barksdale AFB, La., spent a month of “This test will allow us to gauge late summer in Europe to gather data recognition of the symbol in public USAF Changes Base of for a new automated A-10 chaff and and high-visibility situations,” said Preference Plan flare system. Brig. Gen. Ronald Rand, Air Force The Air Force has adopted new They flew 28 missions over test director of public affairs. “It will also criteria that increase the eligibility of ranges in and Germany to give us the opportunity to learn the first-term airman to participate in the help determine how much aluminized, design and technical challenges of Base of Preference program. The fiberglass strip chaff, released at what applying the symbol to a variety of service is also enhancing the pro- intervals, is needed to successfully structures.” gram for career airmen.

14 AIR FORCE Magazine / October 2000 The changes to BOP, as it is scrutiny it draws, will detract from his CRS Report Notes Electronic known, are designed to improve re- ability to effectively lead the wing. I Warfare Issues tention of first-term and career air- owe it to the men and women of the The Congressional Research Ser- men—which translates into stability 33rd to give them a commander who vice warns that the EA-6B Prowler for the force. can focus exclusively on them and electronic jamming aircraft is running “This initiative speaks volumes for their mission.” into problems and that Congress will Air Force leadership’s commitment Meanwhile, a US senator wants soon be confronted with major deci- to improve retention for our enlisted the Air Force to take a look into why sions. force, said Gen. Michael E. Ryan, Air no disciplinary action was taken in The study, titled “Electronic War- Force Chief of Staff. “We’re extremely the case, even after investigators fare: EA-6B Aircraft Modernization hopeful we can get more of our people found safety, training, and morale and Related Issues for Congress,” assignments to locations of their problems contributed to the helicop- said lawmakers will have to decide choosing and these folks will respond ter accident. how to maintain and modernize DoD’s by staying with us.” “I respect the judgment of our mili- current active and passive electronic The Career BOP program will at- tary professionals, but this case needs warfare force structure. tempt to let career airmen apply for another look,” said Sen. Christopher The Prowler became the nation’s reassignment at the 3.5-year point, Bond (R–Mo.). “I understand that our lone tactical jammer after the Penta- as opposed to the current 5.5 years. military professionals have been or- gon decided to retire USAF’s EF- The current first-term airman BOP dered to do more with less, but was 111s in the mid-1990s. program is very small and applies this squadron pushed too far?” The CRS report listed a number of only to those desiring to remain in options, including a speedup of the place or retrain. World War II AAF Crew Comes planned EA-6B upgrade program, de- “We are expanding the program Home velopment of new, smart radar de- dramatically to allow almost every first- Six of 10 crew members of an coys, resurrecting some number of termer re-enlisting the opportunity to Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator were retired EF-111 radar jamming aircraft, participate,” said Lt. Col. Michael buried in August at Arlington Na- and retroactively putting EW capa- Gamble, chief of Assignment Programs tional Cemetery, nearly 56 years af- bilities on aircraft other than the EA- and Procedures Division. “If you’re at ter they were lost on a World War II 6B. Seymour Johnson AFB [N.C.], want- mission. Also on tap: selection of a Prowler ing to get to Holloman AFB [N.M.], The aircraft on Aug. 31, 1944, took replacement. This could turn out to and you’re willing to re-enlist, then off from an airfield in Liuchow, China, be a variant of the F-22, the Navy F/ you make an application. If manning on a mission to bomb Japanese ships. A-18E/F, a new unmanned aerial ve- supports, we’ll work it.” According to a military report, “the hicle, or a combination. However, Gamble cautions, there aircraft never returned to a friendly are no guarantees that wishes will be base.” Millennium Challenge 2000 Starts granted. Initially, the Army classified the US Joint Forces Command con- crew as missing in action. In 1948, it ducted the armed forces’ first joint New Won’t Become 33rd FW changed the crew status to killed in field experiment Aug. 14ÐSept. 13. Commander action, remains not recoverable. No Millennium Challenge 2000 featured Col. Larry D. New, tapped to be the evidence of the aircraft was found elements of the Army, Air Force, Navy, next boss of the at during or for more than 50 years after and Marine Corps, as well as other Eglin AFB, Fla., will not take com- the war. government agencies. mand of the F-15 fighter unit after all, In the fall of 1996, two Chinese The Pentagon described MC 2000 announced. farmers discovered the site where as a unique, collaborative effort be- New, who was slated to take charge the Liberator had crashed in a re- tween US Joint Forces Command and in April 2001, was done in by a review mote mountain ravine. Their discov- the services, aimed at helping to pro- of an accident that took place in Ne- ery was followed by more than three vide “an overarching joint context” vada under his command. years of search and recovery efforts, for major service warfighting experi- In 1998, New was commander of which brought to light dog tags, per- ments. the 57th Operations Group at Nellis sonal effects, and pieces of the air- “The primary objective for the joint AFB, Nev., when two helicopters in craft. The Air Force flew human re- warfighters is to develop different his unit crashed, killing all 12 people mains from China to the Army Central ways to improve access to critical aboard. The Accident Investigation Identification Laboratory in Hawaii in information future commanders will Board concluded New failed to miti- January 1997. need to make fast, accurate deci- gate known safety hazards in the The pilots of the aircraft were 2nd sions while in battle,” said a Penta- unit prior to the accident. A recent Lts. George H. Pierpont and Franklin gon news release on the subject. “An independent review, commissioned A. Tomenendale. Also on the crew important part of that goal is the abil- by the Air Combat Command com- were 2nd Lts. Robert Deming and ity to share the right information at mander, Gen. John P. Jumper, ex- George A. Ward; SSgts. Anthony W. the right levels at the right time. This amined what actions New took prior DeLucia and William A. Drager; Sgts. objective will build upon the experi- to the mishap. Jumper then made Robert L. Kearsey and Ellsworth V. mentation goals established by each the decision to withdraw the wing Kelley; and Pvts. Fred P. Buckley service.” commandership. and Vincent J. Netherwood. Pierpont Three different joint experiments “My first obligation is to the 33rd was promoted to first lieutenant Sept. occurred during MC 2000. Each Fighter Wing, its people, and its mis- 1, 1944, the day after he was re- experiment explored operational sion,” said Jumper. “While New’s ported missing. warfighting deficiencies. career-long record of performance Six of the airmen immediately were The experiments focused on preci- demonstrates he is a highly capable interred at Arlington. A seventh vault sion engagement, joint deployment officer, his association with this acci- was consecrated to represent and process improvement, and informa- dent, and the continuing news media memorialize the entire crew. tion superiority/command and control.

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against the US presence in South rear admiral in the commissioned F-22 Gets New Chief Korea in years, 14,000 students and corps of the US Public Health Ser- farmers attacked club-wielding po- vice, will serve concurrently as deputy The Air Force on Aug. 24 an- lice in downtown Seoul in late July. assistant secretary of defense for nounced appointment of Brig. Gen. The protestors accused the Seoul health operations policy. William J. Jabour as the new F-22 government of implementing policies Edwards AFB, Calif., opened a program office director. at the behest of Washington. new Flight Test Center Museum on Jabour, now the vice commander Northrop Grumman has com- July 21. The new facility showcases of Aeronautical Systems Center at pleted work on its 20th Block 30 up- exhibits on everything from the for- WrightÐPatterson AFB, Ohio, re- graded B-2 . The Block 30 mation of Edwards’s famous ancient places Maj. Gen. Michael C. Mu- shala, who moves up to become aircraft feature an increased number lakebeds to the history of high-speed program executive officer for fighter of radar modes and enhanced ad- flight and displays of famous test air- and bomber programs. vanced weapon capability, among craft. The Defense Department an- other features. Col. Harold J. Beatty assumed nounced the moves in a news re- On July 17 Secretary of Defense command of the Air Force’s newest lease. William Cohen and Australian Minis- wing, the 70th Intelligence Wing, dur- Jabour will be in charge of the ter for Defence John Moore signed a ing Aug. 16 ceremonies at Ft. Meade, F-22 System Program Office under joint USÐAustralia defense coopera- Md. The unit’s mission will be to pro- the Air Force Program Executive tion pact. The agreement lays out vide intelligence on treaty compli- Office, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition. The new principles for export procedures, in- ance, information warfare, and other air superiority fighter is USAF’s high- dustrial partnerships, and defense subjects to the President, vice presi- est acquisition priority. trade. It will give Australia greater dent, and top US military and civilian access to US military technology, officials. “something which we have been seek- Lockheed Martin has selected GE ing for some considerable time,” said CF6-80C2LIF turbofan engines as the The three joint experiments over- Moore. power plant for the C-5 airlifter Reli- lapped and took place simultaneously On Aug. 14 Cohen announced ability Enhancement and Re-engining with individual service experiments that J. Jarrett Clinton has been des- Program. The choice could mean at 11 different sites. Those sites in- ignated acting assistant secretary of sales of upward of 500 propulsion cluded Ft. Bragg, N.C.; Ft. Polk, La.; defense for health affairs. Clinton, a systems for GE. Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Gulfport, Miss.; , Fla.; Langley AFB, Va.; Nellis AFB, Nev.; the Joint Training Analysis and Simulation Center, Suf- End of an Era at McClellan folk, Va.; Norfolk, Va.; the Atlantic Ocean; and the Gulf of Mexico. Air Force workers at McClellan AFB, Calif., have refurbished their last aircraft. The freshly repaired KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft that roared off into the sky US Arms Sales Near $12 Billion on Aug. 18 represented the final job at Sacramento Air Logistics Center at US foreign military sales hit $11.8 McClellan. ALC workers had put more than 30,000 hours of labor into the task. billion in 1999, according to a new Both Sacramento ALC and San Antonio ALC at Kelly AFB, Tex., were marked Congressional Research Service re- for disestablishment by the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure commission. port. The US accounted for more than Air Force plans call for July 13, 2001, closure of McClellan. The ALC has been one-third of a world total, solidifying in continuous operation there for nearly 60 years. its longstanding position as No. 1 “We’ve worked on about 44 different kinds of airplanes,” said Gerry Hampton, director of the Aircraft Management Division at Sacramento ALC. supplier of arms. CRS said international arms sales increased to more than $30 billion, the most since 1996. That figure—in inflation-adjusted terms—is far be- low the peaks of the Cold War years, when both superpowers and large Index to Advertisers European nations sold enormous quantities of weapons. In recent years, US sales have increased. In 1997, sales hit only Air Force Memorial Foundation ...... 7 $7.7 billion, said CRS. The US posi- Bell Helicopter...... 77 tion has been consolidated as the Boeing ...... 19, 48Ð49, Cover IV leading weapons supplier, accord- GEICO ...... 71 ing to the author, Richard F. Grim- Lockheed Martin ...... Cover II mett. Military.Com ...... 30 In two-thirds of all arms sales, the Mitchell Lang ...... 7 customer was a developing nation. Pratt & Whitney ...... 39 The report predicted intensifying com- Spectrum Astro ...... 35 TRW ...... Cover III petition among arms suppliers in the USAA ...... 3 years ahead. AFA Coins ...... 91 News Notes AFA SymposiumÐLos Angeles ...... 95 In one of the biggest protests AFA Résumé Service ...... 92

16 AIR FORCE Magazine / October 2000 A court-martial has sentenced SrA. Douglas L. Saferite Jr., 52nd On Defense, Public Overwhelmingly Favors Bush Communications Squadron, Spang- dahlem AB, Germany, to a dishonor- able discharge and six years’ con- When it comes to matters of military No Opinion power, the public chooses George W. Same 2% finement for selling government 7% property over the Internet. Between Bush. Three public opinion polls taken in late summer established the June and October 1999, Saferite stole Texas governor and Republican as a laptop computers and other electronic clear favorite over Vice President Al Gore equipment and sold some of it using Gore, the Democratic Presidential 29% Bush a WebÐbased auction site. candidate. 62% The “Alamo Wing” is celebrat- ing its 50th anniversary this month. Voters chose Bush over Gore by roughly a two-to-one margin. The San Antonio–based unit—its latest designation is the 433rd Air- Respondents in the three polls were lift Wing—was founded on Oct. 27, were asked to answer a variation of 1951, when 200 Reservists gath- this question: “Regardless of your Gallup/CNN/USA Today Poll ered in Hangar 16 at Brooks AFB, choice for President, who do you Aug. 7, 2000 Tex. Among other achievements, think would do a better job of providing a strong military defense: the Alamo Wing was the first in Air Survey Organization: Gallup Organization George W. Bush or Al Gore?” Sponsor: Cable News Network, USA Today Force Reserve Command to con- Sample: National adult—1,051 vert to the C-5 Galaxy. On off-duty Air Force medic and his nurse wife saved the life of a Neither 2% Don’t Know three-day old infant at a San Antonio Neither 2% Don’t Know restaurant on Aug. 4. Capt. Van Same 2% 11% Same 4% 9% Billingsley, who is a staff nurse at Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, Tex., and Shannon Billingsley, Gore Bush a clinical nurse specialist at Breck- 30% 55% Gore Bush inridge Hospital in Austin, adminis- 24% 61% tered CPR to the baby girl, who had stopped breathing and turned blue. Retired Army Gen. Wesley K. Clark and retired Adm. William J. Crowe Jr. were among the 15 recipi- PSRA/Newsweek Poll ents of the Presidential Medal of Free- Aug. 5, 2000 Los Angeles Times Poll Jul. 31, 2000 dom at an Aug. 9 White House cer- Survey Organization: Princeton Survey Re- emony. President Clinton hailed Clark search Associates for his role in NATO’s military cam- Sponsor: Newsweek Survey Organization: Los Angeles Times paign against Serb strongman Slo- Sample: National registered voters—817 Sample: National registered voters—1,058 bodan Milosevic and praised Crowe’s 50 years of national service as a military officer and, after retirement,

Three In a Row

100 Even as recruiting improves, USAF re- mains apprehensive about a continuing exo- Career dus of skilled personnel in the enlisted force. 90 Latest figures indicate Fiscal 2000 will be the third straight year in which USAF has 80 failed to meet goals in all three major re- enlistment categories. The Air Force may have stopped the bleeding, but it is still in 70 serious trouble. Second Term As the chart shows, career-airmen reten- tion remains unchanged at 91 percent (goal 60 is 95 percent). The same is true of second- term retention, which remains unchanged at 69 percent (goal is 75 percent).

Re-enlistment Rate 50 First Term First-term retention showed a slight uptick from 49 percent to 52, which is still below 40 the goal of 55 percent. The Air Force has not met its goal in all three areas since 1995. USAF officials worry 30 about declining experience levels in the 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 force because it is constantly replacing ex- Fiscal Year perienced airmen with inexperienced troops.

AIR FORCE Magazine / October 2000 17 Aerospace World as ambassador to the United King- Championship, which was held at as recruiters and have completed 36 dom. Sportsplex USA, Poway, Calif., in months of recruiting duty. A team of US and Russian inves- August. The final record of the Air On Aug. 17 a Titan IVB rocket tigators has positively identified the Force squad in the round-robin event was successfully launched from wreckage of a US Navy PV-1 Ventura was 8Ð1. Army, with a record of 7Ð2, Space Launch Complex 4 East at patrol bomber, missing since March placed second. Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The booster 25, 1944, at a crash site on the pen- The Department of Defense pre- carried a National Reconnaissance insula of Kamchatka in Russia’s far sented its 1999 Value Engineering Office satellite into orbit. east. The airplane had been one of Award for Program Management to Sanders, a Lockheed Martin com- five that took off from Attu, in the the Milstar II Program Office, Los pany, recently delivered F-22 Block 3 Aleutian Islands, during Empire Ex- Angeles AFB, Calif. A Washington operational flight program software press, a reconnaissance and bomb- ceremony honored the Milstar pro- and upgraded hardware to the Avi- ing mission over Japanese bases in gram for saving the government $28 onics Integration Laboratory in Se- the northern Kuril Islands. million through 58 cost-reduction ini- attle and Boeing’s Flying Test Bed. Air Force Reserve Officer Train- tiatives. The delivery supports the testing re- ing Corps Det. 610, University of North The Air Force has approved a quired to obtain a low-rate initial pro- Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D., has been new ribbon for recruiters—and offered duction decision for the F-22, ex- named winner of this year’s presti- them the opportunity to earn extra pected later this year. gious AFROTC Right-of-Line award. points toward promotion. The ribbon South Korea and the US military The award recognizes the best de- will be awarded upon graduation from have decided to shut down live-fire tachment in the nation and is based Air Force Recruiting School. The one- training on part of the Koon-Ni Range on quality of facilities, cadets, and time, two-point bonus toward promo- on South Korea’s west coast, fol- training programs. tion under the Weighted Airman Pro- lowing sometimes violent protests. An Air Force team won the 2000 motion System will be available to Nearby residents vowed to keep Armed Forces Women’s Softball personnel who are currently assigned fighting until the entire range is closed. Allied aircraft struck targets over southern Iraq on Aug. 11 and 12, said US Central Command. The raids came after anti-aircraft artillery fired on air- Senior Staff Changes planes patrolling the no-fly zone over Iraq, said officials. The , lo- cated at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., was RETIREMENTS: Brig. Gen. Gary A. Ambrose, Maj. Gen. John W. Brooks, Brig. Gen. named the best USAF missile squad- Jerry M. Drennan, Lt. Gen. Marvin R. Esmond, Lt. Gen. Nicholas B. Kehoe III, Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Pelak Jr., Brig. Gen. Regner C. Rider. ron of the year, the Air Force an- nounced Aug. 22. The squadron there- CHANGES: Maj. Gen. Claude M. Bolton Jr., from PEO, Fighter & Bomber Prgms., AF by earned the Association of Air Force Prgm. Executive Office, Asst. SECAF, Acq., Rosslyn, to Cmdr., AF Security Assistance Missileers’ Gen. Samuel Phillips Ctr., AFMC, WrightÐPatterson AFB, Ohio ... Maj. Gen. Roger A. Brady, from Dir., Log., Award for 1999. The squadron is the AMC, Scott AFB, Ill., to Dir., Ops., AMC, Scott AFB, Ill. ... Maj. Gen. Richard W. Davis, only Peacekeeper operations unit in from Chief Architect, BMDO, USD, Acq. & Tech., Pentagon, to National Security Space the Air Force. Architect, ASD, C3I, Pentagon, Va. ... Brig. Gen. Peter J. Hennessey, from Vice Cmdr., Two USAF F-16 pilots had a Oklahoma City ALC, AFMC, Tinker AFB, Okla., to Dir., Log., AMC, Scott AFB, Ill. ... Brig. close call but are safe following an Gen. William J. Jabour, from Vice Cmdr., ASC, AFMC, WrightÐPatterson AFB, Ohio, to Dir., F-22 SPO, AF PEO, Asst. SECAF, Acq., WrightÐPatterson AFB, Ohio ... Maj. Gen. Aug. 8 midair collision near Nellis Michael C. Mushala, from Dir., F-22 SPO, AF PEO, Asst. SECAF, Acq., WrightÐ AFB, Nev. Maj. David Kossler ejected Patterson AFB, Ohio, to PEO, Fighter & Bomber Prgms., AF PEO, Asst. SECAF, Acq., safely from his aircraft, sustaining Rosslyn ... Brig. Gen. Loren M. Reno, from Dir., Propulsion, Oklahoma City ALC, AFMC, minor injuries. The other F-16, pi- Tinker AFB, Okla., to Vice Cmdr., Oklahoma City ALC, AFMC, Tinker AFB, Okla. ... Maj. loted by Maj. Brandon Sweat, re- Gen. George N. Williams, from Dir., Ops., AMC, Scott AFB, Ill., to Cmdr., 21st AF, AMC, ceived minor damage and landed McGuire AFB, N.J. safely at Nellis. The pilots and air- craft are assigned to the 422nd Test SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE RETIREMENTS: John W. Davis, Oscar A. Goldfarb, and Evaluation Squadron, part of Charles B. Hogge. the at Eglin AFB, Fla. SES CHANGES: Les Bordelon, to Exec. Dir., AFFTC, Edwards AFB, Calif. ... James Cause of the accident is unknown, P. Czekanski, to Air Cmdr., 4th AF, AFRC, March ARB, Calif. ... Robert E. Dawes, to and a safety board has been con- Asst. Auditor General, Financial and Spt. Audits, March ARB, Calif. ... Timothy L. Dues, vened. to Product Gp Mgr., Propulsion Sys., Tinker AFB, Okla. ... Kathleen I. Ferguson, to An Air Force F-15C, part of the Chief, Combat Spt. Div., DCS, Installation & Log., USAF, Pentagon ... Christopher D. 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, Gardner, to Dir., Jt. Staff, and Asst. to Chief and Vice Chief, NGB, Arlington, Va. ... UK, crashed on Aug. 3 just east of Donald W. Hanson, to Dir., Sensors, AFRL, WrightÐPatterson AFB, Ohio ... Lawrence the training range at Nellis AFB, Nev. B. Henry Jr., to Assoc. Dir., P&P, AFSPC, Peterson AFB, Colo. ... Charles D. Link, to The fighter launched from Nellis to Dir., Developing Aerospace Leaders Prgm. Office, DCS, Personnel, USAF, Pentagon ... Florence W. Madden, to Principal Dep. General Counsel, OSAF, Pentagon ... David M. take part in USAF’s Green Flag exer- Rothery, to Dir., High-Performance Computation & Simulation, ASC, WrightÐPatterson cise. The pilot, Capt. Christopher Kirby AFB, Ohio ... Gary K. Waggoner, to Assoc. Dir., Manufacturing Tech. & Affordability, of the 493rd Fighter Squadron, ejected AFRL, WrightÐPatterson AFB, Ohio ... Debra K. Walker, to Dir., Tech. & Industrial Spt., safely. Cause of the crash is un- Warner Robins ALC, Robins AFB, Ga. ... Wallace W. Whaley, to Dir., Ops., AFRC, known. An interim safety board will Robins AFB, Ga. ■ investigate. ■

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