Aug. 18, 2006 Gulf Defender Page 1 Vol. 65, No. 32 Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. Training Expeditionary Airpower Experts Aug. 18, 2006 In Brief Change of Command The 43rd Fighter Squadron Change of Command Ceremony will be held at 3:43 p.m. Aug. 25 in the 43rd FS hangar, Bldg 290. Lt. Col. David A. Krumm will assume command from Lt. Col. Michael P. Stapleton. Military World Soft- ball Tournament Tyndall Lady Tigers teams continue to com- pete with military soft- ball varsity teams at the 2006 Military World Softball Chamionship. Games started Thursday and continue through Sunday at Frank Brown Park, Panama City Beach. For more infor- Master Sgt. Scott Reed mation, call the park at Power up (850) 236-3037. Airman 1st Class John Hahn, 325th Maintenance Squadron engine mechanic, performs a post-test in- spection on an engine in the “Hush House.” The test was captured on video by a production company Inside for the new Air Force ad campaign “Do Something Amazing.” EPR senior rater policy update ... PAGE 6 Web service users face OPSEC risks DARREN TILLMAN groups are actively seeking to alarming, is that some sites vulnerabilities in our defense AETC announces force OSI Detachment 419 Commander gain information from them don’t independently verify the systems,” said Capt. Garrett. reduction ... PAGE 8 With more than 80 million using the internet as a source,” identity of its users. “Don’t help them. Do not users, MySpace service and place photos that identify you Tyndall and Air Force im- said Capt. Mike Garrett, 325th Utilizing the anonymity other personal Web site provid- Fighter Wing Plans deputy chief of the service, opposing in- as a military member. Do not prove F-22 ... PAGE 9 ers empower users to commu- and base anti-terrorism officer. telligence services, terrorist advertise what your Air Force nicate with a world-wide online “What you do on these sites organizations and enterprising job is and do not ever release network of friends, and unfor- may be personnel, but when criminals can use the service OPSEC information. tunately, potential enemies. you expose information about to target Air Force members. Be cautious before answer- Operational security is the Air the government and release They “become” anyone they ing e-mails. Always think Force Office of Special Investi- operationally secure informa- want to be in order to target Air about force protection and ask gations’ primary concern with tion it becomes a threat to our Force personnel who may have yourself, ‘Why is this person Air Force members’ who use national security,” he said. access to secure information asking more about me and MySpace and other services. MySpace, and other ser- they are seeking. what I do?’” “Our military and civilian vices, don’t charge users to “Our enemy has a unique The free online social net- B-Course students in members need to be aware set up profiles or establish an method of piecing informa- working service Web sites flight ...P AGE 11 that extremist and terrorist account. What can be more tion together, so they may find • SEE OPSEC PAGE 19 Trust, Teamwork, Training Page 2 Gulf Defender Aug. 18, 2006 ON THE STREET How do you stay informed on current events and news? 1st Lt. Amanda Ferrell Holed up Airman 1st Class Michael Robledo (left), and Senior Airman David “I get my news from CNN on “I watch local news every morn- Franklin, 325th Communications Squadron cable technicians, in- stall 100-pair copper cable. The four-day project will bring Local the internet – the TV should be ing and watch national news ev- Area Network and telephone services to a building for headquar- saved for sports.” ery evening.” ters Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency. TECH. SGT. TOM POPLIN CAPT. TERRY KATRINA 325th Mission Support Squadron 325th Communications Squadron Identify this ... Can you identify this ob- ject? If so, send an e-mail to [email protected] with “Identify this” in the sub- ject line. Three correct en- tries will be chosen at ran- dom and drawn from a hat to select the final winner. The prize can be claimed at the Public Affairs of- fice. Kari Baily, a military “The internet has all the infor- “CNN, local newspapers and ra- spouse, correctly guessed mation you need. I mostly go dio stations keep me informed.” the Aug. 11 “Identify this” online to news sites.” as birthday candles. Con- TECH. SGT. CLAYtoN ABBOT 325th Operations Support Squadron gratulations, Mrs. Baily. 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How- vice, the U.S. Air Force has delivered lethal combat Combat Archer grew out of the air-to-air combat ever, even as systems have become more complex, power in defense of our nation. As the threat to our results from the Vietnam War. In Vietnam, there success has remained the consistent result through- national security has evolved, so has our force. was a significant decrease in our success rate com- out. This is due to one thing – constant emphasis Today’s Air Force mission is more complex than pared to that seen during the Korean War. Along on executing the basics well. in the past. At one time, we could identify our en- with Red Flag and the Aggressor program, Combat Good maintenance discipline and practices keep emy on any grade-school map. aircraft flying and combat ready. Now, as recent events have Flying a good formation and shown, our enemy may be liv- executing as a solid, dependable ing among us. As we continue Wingman provides lethal com- to evolve our lethal combat Air bat capability. No matter how Force, we need to remember complex the system, success is that our past successes were always dependent upon solid founded in solid execution of execution of the basics. This the basics. principle applies to everything The 83rd Fighter Weapons we do. Squadron executes Combat Ar- Another one of our basics is cher, the Air Combat Command treating each other with respect. commander’s directed air-to- As a military organization, we air Weapon System Evaluation have an established hierarchy. Program. The squadron’s mis- MSgt Michael Ammons It is a tradition and it provides sion is to evaluate the air-to- Maj. Mark Irving, a 95th Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagle instructor pilot fires an a foundation for the Air Force air fighter weapon system kill AIM-7 Sparrow medium range air-to-air radar-guided missile over the Gulf of as a team. chain, from the human, to the Mexico during a Combat Archer exercise and weapons evaluation in April. It guides our daily interaction. machine, to the weapon. Archer is designed to strengthen our combat forces Respect is something earned, but in an organization Combat Archer is unique to the Air Force and is through realistic training in a combat-representative as large as the United States military it is inevitable the only test or evaluation program that uses opera- environment. that you will interact with someone you do not know.