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A collection of
news and information specifically for the C4ISR community
Vol. 4, No. 47
December 11, 2008 |
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ESC effort aims to enable Iraq air
sovereignty, independence
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Members of the
Iraq Air Sovereignty Master Plan team from ESC and
MITRE present a briefing from MITRE’s Bedford campus
to the Iraqi Air Force Defense Group in the Baghdad
Air Operations Center. (Courtesy photo)
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By Chuck Paone
66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
HANSCOM AFB, Mass. – Work being done here by the Electronic
Systems Center and its Federally Funded Research and Development
Center partner MITRE Corp. is helping pave the way for a sound
withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq.
ESC and MITRE International Operations specialists, in concert
with a number of ESC acquisition groups, completed work earlier
this year on a comprehensive Iraq Air Sovereignty Master Plan, a
roadmap that will help enable the Iraqi Air Force to operate
without U.S and coalition assistance.
“We’re helping to bring U.S. warfighters home by laying out a
plan that will position, and properly equip, the Iraqi Air Force
to operate on their own with regard to air sovereignty,” said
Charlie Bell, a MITRE engineer working with ESC’s International
Operations Division.
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Mission Planning Users' Conference
attracts about 2,000 attendees
By Monica D.
Morales
66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
The 14th Mission Planning Users’ Conference held last month in
Las Vegas attracted nearly 2,000 attendees who convened with the
aim of furthering dialogue between various mission planning
communities.
"We had nearly record attendance and the response from our attendees
has been overwhelmingly positive," said. Col. Gary Hetland, 951st
Electronic Systems Group commander. "MPUC is a unique opportunity to
bring together MAJCOMs, our sister services, foreign allies,
aircraft and weapons operators, and mission planning software
developers. I'm proud of the accomplishments of our great team in
successfully organizing and conducting an event of this magnitude."
The MPUC 2008 -- held from Nov. 17-21 -- was sponsored by the
951 ELSG, along with the Paul Revere Chapter of the Air Force
Association. Each year, the conference aims to present a venue
for the mission planning enterprise to exchange ideas, promote
mission planning, train on the latest technology and gain
perspective on future mission planning innovations.
Of the nearly 2,000 registrants in attendance, 100 were foreign
allies representing more than 20 countries. Additionally,
attendees included participants not only from the Air Force, but
also the Army, Navy, special forces and industry.
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Family,
co-workers gather to watch long-distance decoration
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Lt. Col. Tyron
Fisher (in photo at left), 632nd Electronic Systems
Squadron commander, who is currently deployed to
Iraq, receives the Defense Meritorious Service Medal
and the Iraqi Campaign Medal during a video
teleconference from his deployed location on Friday
afternoon. In photo at right, onlookers at Hanscom,
(front row, from left) daughter Tyra Fisher, wife
Linda Fisher, 751st Electronic Systems Group
Commander Col. Jim Lovell, son Zachary Fisher and
Maj. George Peasant, as well as other co-workers
applaud. Colonel Fisher has been deployed to Iraq
for seven months and is scheduled to return home
this week. (Photos by Rick Berry) |
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CPSG sergeant recognized by AFCENT
commander
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Air Forces Central Commander Lt. Gen. Gary L. North
presents his coin to Staff Sgt. Crystal Vargas of
the Cryptologic Systems Group, Lackland AFB, Texas,
in theater last week. Sergeant Vargas has been
integrating Army functions with Air Force logistical
support at Balad Air Base, Iraq.
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By Larry Kishur
Cryptologic Systems
Group
Staff Sgt. Crystal
Vargas of the Cryptologic Systems Group, Lackland
AFB, Texas, was coined last week by Lt. Gen. Gary L.
North, commander, 9th Air Force and U.S. Air Forces
Central.
AFCENT recognized Sergeant Vargas for successfully
managing the transition of over 7,000 Sea Land
containers and subsequently accounting for the
entire inventory of containers. During General
North’s presentation, Sergeant Vargas was cited for
"outstanding continuous leadership and continuity
while standing up a function new to the Air Force at
Balad.”
Sergeant Vargas was deployed to Joint Base Balad,
Iraq, to help integrate Army functions with Air
Force logistics matters at the site. This project
has freed up Army personnel to handle other wartime
duties.
Sergeant Vargas is currently on her third
deployment, and has made positive impacts at each
site, according to her superiors. Her actions have
been lauded repeatedly by Air Force and Army
commanders.
During her last deployment, Sergeant Vargas was
assigned to an Army unit where she was the first Air
Force member to lead an Army convoy.
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Rapid acquisition
Renée Stevens
of MITRE briefs attendees at the Hanscom Conference Center
Dec. 2 during the Rapid Agile Acquisition Conference. The
conference, sponsored by the Engineering Directorate, the
Acquisition Center of Excellence, MITRE and the Jacobs
Engineering Group, highlighted systems engineering issues
related to quickly developing and delivering warfighter
capability. Nearly 90 people from around the country
attended.
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by Mark Wyatt) |
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Hanscom deployers to be recognized at tomorrow's homecoming
event
Aerosmith bassist, former Patriots
quarterback to participate in welcoming Airmen
By Rhonda
Siciliano
66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
The base
will honor and welcome home more than 40 of its Airmen who
have served on deployments over the past six months at the
Heroes’ Homecoming ceremony that will take place Dec. 12, in
the Aero Club hangar at 12:30 p.m. To allow as many people
as possible to join in the celebration, the Heroes'
Homecoming event has been declared an alternate duty
location.
The event is scheduled to include special appearances and
autograph sessions with the bassist for the rock group
Aerosmith, Tom Hamilton, and former New England Patriots
quarterback Steve Grogan, as well as members of the New
England Patriots cheerleading squad. Local radio talk show
host and author Michael Graham from 96.9 WTKK, will once
again serve as the Master of Ceremonies for the homecoming
event.
Since the homecoming event will take place during the lunch
hour, free pizza and submarine sandwiches will be available
to those in attendance -- both deployers and attendees.
For more information about the Heroes' Homecoming, e-mail
Rhonda Siciliano at Rhonda.Siciliano@hanscom.af.mil or call
(781) 377-4467. |
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Long
time coming
-- AFA Daily Report
The program to replace engines on the Air Force's fleet of E-8C
Joint STARS surveillance aircraft is on track toward first flight
with the test aircraft on Dec. 17, according to officials at the
Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom AFB, Mass.
Diminishing
supply base threatening mission capability of JSTARS fleet
-- Inside the Air Force
A shortage of mission-critical parts is threatening to cause some of
the Air Force's E-8 Joint Targeting Surveillance and Attack Radar
System fleet to be unable to perform the jets' critical ground
surveillance mission ...
OPM to job seekers, managers: Talk to us
-- Federal Computer Week
The Office of Personnel Management is offering new Applicant and
Management Satisfaction Surveys to get the opinions of agency
managers and job seekers ...
Young
puts hold on Air Force MP-RTIP buys pending testing results
-- Inside the Air Force
Pentagon acquisition chief John Young has put a hold on Air Force
plans to buy next-generation radars for Global Hawk unmanned aerial
systems pending ...
Mullen: Defense overspending must stop
-- Air Force Times
The top U.S. military officer says the Pentagon cannot afford
continued cost overruns and is hinting that some weapons systems may
be cut or scaled back under President-elect Barack Obama.
U.S. losing global cyberwar, commission
says
-- Business Week
The U.S. faces a cybersecurity threat of such magnitude that the
next President should move quickly to create a Center for
Cybersecurity Operations and appoint a special White House advisor
to oversee it.
Experts: Enterprise architecture key to IT
security
-- Government
Computer News
Enterprise architecture must be a key part of the strategy used to
protect government computers and networks from cyberattacks, said
Ron Ross ... |
command comments ...
... Today, the
threat of cyber attack by both state and
non-state entities is very real, persistent,
sophisticated, and dangerous.
The move to cyberspace networks has undoubtedly
provided our Armed Forces with a very valuable
capability… but, it has also greatly increased
our vulnerability. While we have classified
networks in DoD, in many ways we are like
corporate America. Many of our business systems
rely on open networks. DoD actively defends
against thousands of network attacks,
intrusions, and other incidents every day. In
response, the Nation and DoD have added billions
of dollars and innumerable initiatives to
counter cyber attacks.
DoD continues to work in concert with other
government agencies, industry, international
partners, and academia to assist in the
mitigation of these cyber-threats. …
--
Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon R.
England at Dec. 10 AFCEA Cyberspace Conference
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