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A collection of
news and information specifically for the C4ISR community
Vol. 4, No. 46
December 4, 2008 |
Joint STARS’
new engine program gets ready for take off
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A newly
installed propulsion pod system, pictured here on
the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar
System T-3 test aircraft at a prime contractor
facility in Melbourne, Fla., is at the center of a
major engine upgrade effort currently underway.
Installation of the new engines on the aircraft is
reaching its final stages, with the T-3’s first
flight scheduled in the coming weeks. (Courtesy photo) |
By Monica D. Morales
66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
America’s eye in the sky, the E-8C Joint STARS, will soon be faster,
quieter, more efficient and more operationally effective thanks to a
major engine upgrade effort now under way.
“Getting new engines on our Joint STARS test aircraft is a major
milestone for the Air Force,” said 751st Electronic Systems Group
Commander Col. Jim Lovell. “The reliability and fuel efficiency of
these new engines will yield huge benefits to the warfighter -- it's
all about improving operational capability.”
The E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, or Joint
STARS, is an airborne battle management, command and control,
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform.
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653 ELSW, 950 ELSG earn AF Outstanding
Unit honors
By Chuck Paone
66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
The Air Force has
announced that two Electronic Systems Center
organizations have earned AF Outstanding Unit
awards.
The service cited a mammoth list of accomplishments
that included "enabling worldwide net-centric
operations," in selecting the 653rd Electronic
Systems Wing as an AFOUA recipient. The 950th
Electronic Systems Group, ESC's other winner, was
recognized for making major advances to the United
States' preeminent intelligence processing and
dissemination tool, the Distributed Common Ground
System.
The awards recognized contributions from both the
wing and the group that not only aided the Air
Force, but also various joint partners and even
organizations outside of DoD. The 653 ELSW award
covers accomplishments during calendar years 2006
and 2007 while the one for the 950 ELSG covers April
1, 2006, to March 31, 2008.
"The 653rd's well-deserved Outstanding Unit
distinction illuminates the essential work being
done there to provide comprehensive global
connectivity for Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines in the joint fight," said Electronic Systems
Center Commander Lt. Gen. Ted Bowlds.
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Gen. Hoffman assumes leadership of AF
Materiel Command
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Air Force Chief
of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz (left) and Gen. Bruce
Carlson (right) congratulate Gen. Donald Hoffman,
who became the seventh commander of Air Force
Materiel Command during a change-of-command ceremony
Nov. 21. General Hoffman succeeds General Carlson,
who is retiring almost 38 years of service. The
event took place inside the National Museum of the
United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air
Force Base, Ohio. (Photo by Ben Strasser)
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By John Scaggs
Air Force Materiel Command Public Affairs
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Gen. Don Hoffman
assumed the top position for the Air Force major command
responsible for the technology, acquisition, test and
sustainment of the service's current and future weapon
systems during a ceremony here Nov. 21.
General Hoffman took the reins of Air Force Materiel Command
from Gen. Bruce Carlson during a change of command held at
the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. General Carlson,
who had served as the commander of AFMC since August 2005,
is retiring after 37 years of service.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz presided over
the change of command and began by highlighting General
Carlson's unwavering leadership in establishing a vision
known to everyone in AFMC: war-winning capabilities -- on
time, on cost.
"Bruce, you can be confident that AFMC successfully delivers
war-winning expeditionary capabilities to the warfighter,"
General Schwartz said. "Your work is going to pay wonderful
dividends for years to come.
"You leave a legacy of excellence and you were a friend to
all Airmen," General Schwartz continued. "We wish you and
Vicki the very best."
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Deployed Electronic
Systems Center Contingency Contracting Officers (left to
right) Capt. Danita Nordlund (653d ELSW), Maj. David
Long (551st ELSW), Capt. Elizabeth Sciortino (350th ELSW),
and Capt J.R. Oliver (350th ELSW) pose in front of Joint
Contracting Command—Iraq/Afghanistan headquarters, where
they are serving 179-day deployments. Contingency
Contracting Officers across ESC are in high demand and
currently operate in the highest Ops Tempo Band in the
Air Force. In the photo at right, Capt. Kim Shurlow (350
ELSW), who is currently deployed for 179 days to
Afghanistan, is congratulated by Capt. Dal Cho on her
selection for promotion to major. (Courtesy
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Homecoming to honor deployed Airmen,
families
By Rhonda Siciliano
66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
Get ready to
clap and cheer. The heroes of Hanscom will be officially
welcomed home during a ceremony in the Aero Club Hangar Dec. 12.
The event, which is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. and is open
to the entire base populace, will recognize the deployed
contributions of Airmen assigned to Hanscom who have returned
from the Area of Responsibility since the last Heroes'
Homecoming celebration in June.
"The holiday season brings our families and friends together in
celebrating all that is good in our lives. It's an opportunity
to recognize our deployed members and their families, who helped
secure the blessings of liberty for Hanscom, our Air Force, and
our Nation. Hanscom Heroes Homecoming brings us all together as
an Air Force family and gives us the chance to say 'thanks for
your sacrifice' and 'welcome home' to our warriors and Wingmen,"
said Col. Dave Orr, 66th Air Base Wing commander.
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Raytheon to restore GBS military capacity
in Atlantic
-- Space News
Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems of Garland, Texas, has
been awarded a $480,000 task order for the U. S. Air Force to
restore Global Broadcast Service (GBS) capacity over the Atlantic
Ocean, a Nov. 18 Raytheon press release said.
UK's
ASTOR system achieves delayed in-service date
-- Flight International
The UK Ministry of Defence's Airborne Standoff Radar (ASTOR) system
has made its operational debut over Afghanistan, ending a two-year
delay in getting the ground surveillance asset into frontline use.
Boeing completes NATO AWACS upgrades
-- AWIN First
Major mission-system upgrades concluded for the last of 17 NATO
AWACS aircraft being modified by a Boeing-led team under the $1.32
billion Mid-Term Modernization Program.
Air Force directed to minimally fund JTRS
AMF development in POM-10
-- Inside the Air Force
The Air Force has been directed by the Pentagon to minimally fund
procurement and installation of the Airborne- Maritime-Fixed version
of the Joint Tactical Radio System and has withheld funding for its
version of the software radio in the fiscal year 2010 program
objective memorandum, Inside the Air Force has learned.
Sentinel R1 in Afghanistan operational
debut
-- AWIN First
The United Kingdom has deployed the Sentinel R1 airborne stand-off
radar aircraft to support combat operations in Afghanistan. The
aircraft was officially accepted into service today.
Young laments squandered opportunities to
build multiyear budget
-- Inside the Air Force
The Pentagon is wasting opportunities to build a “true, strategic,
multiyear” budget because program managers focus only on the first
year and fail to consider funding through the outyears, according to
Pentagon acquisition czar John Young. |
command comments ...
... Like the
terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, the Japanese raid
on Pearl Harbor has been called a defining
moment in U.S. history. It caught the country by
surprise, rallied its people against their
attackers and thrust the nation into a long,
difficult war against tyranny.
Following are facts about Pearl Harbor for you
to think about as we observe this historic
anniversary:
- Within hours of the surprise attack in the
early-morning hours of Dec. 7, 1941, more than
2,400 Americans were dead. Five of the eight
battleships at the U.S. Fleet’s Pearl Harbor
base were sunk or sinking, and the other
battleships, as well as ships and Hawaii-based
combat planes, were heavily damaged. ...
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