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The Air Force announced today that
Electronic Systems Center Vice Commander Brig. Gen.
Terry Feehan will be reassigned as the Deputy Program
Manager, Ballistic Missile Defense System, Missile
Defense Agency, Huntsville, Ala.
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ESC group helping Iraqis control, defend their airspace
By Monica D.
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Heritage speakers bring powerful
moments to life Retired
Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Wayne Fisk recounts his
Vietnam-era experience to a packed crowd at the
Minuteman Club during the April 15 Heritage of Freedom
speaker series. The series
is a free quarterly event that features three speakers,
each of whom discuss their experiences serving in combat
or while deployed.
(Photo by Rick Berry)
By Chuck Paone Almost every reunion carries an emotional impact for the parties involved, but when a once-downed pilot reunited with the man who led his rescue effort yesterday, hundreds of others could feel the power of the moment too. Introducing Col. Phil ‘Goldie’ Haun during
yesterday’s Heritage of Freedom event at the Minuteman Club,
retired Lt. Col. Dale Zelko said: “The first time I hugged
Goldie was the morning of March 28, 1999, at Aviano Air Base in
Italy; the next time I hugged Goldie was about 30 minutes ago.” Colonel Haun, one of three featured speakers
at the quarterly Hanscom event, then recounted details of the
daring search and rescue mission that brought Colonel Zelko home
after his F-117 Nighthawk had been shot down over Serbia. The
career A-10 and ‘Sandy’ pilot described the comprehensive
coordination required and noted some of the frustrations
encountered. He said that combat search and rescue wasn’t
always given high priority in strike planning and that at least
one U.S. commander had denied its necessity.
“We’re not planning to lose anybody on these strikes,”
Colonel Haun had been told months before the incident, when he
pleaded the case for incorporating CSAR into strike preparation.
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Space-based challenges Col. Chuck Helwig of the 850th Electronic Systems Group discusses Joint Space Operations Center challenges while briefing members of the Hanscom Representatives Association during their monthly luncheon meeting at the Minuteman Club Wednesday. (Photo by Rick Berry) |
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554 ELSW gathers in Dayton for discussions with defense community By
Danna Plewe WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Key members of the 554th Electronic Systems Wing and the local contracting community gathered at the Hope Hotel and Conference Center April 7-8 for the Dayton IT Wing Conference. The two-day event, hosted by the Dayton Area Defense Contractors Association, balanced discussions of industry opportunities and upcoming projects with informative presentations on topics such as supply chain management, capabilities integrated environment, and integration and test orientation. Day one kicked-off with an overview of Air Force IT acquisitions by Electronic Systems Center Executive Director Rich Lombardi, who set the tone of cooperation and partnership that would be a common thread throughout the conference. In her first visit to Wright-Patterson as the new 554th ELSW vice commander, Col. Janet Polaneczky detailed the changing acquisition environment, highlighting opportunities and sharing several recent success stories. Reflecting on the event, Colonel Polaneczky said she was “very impressed with the ongoing commitment and hard work of our wing. Without their support, we could not deliver and sustain IT capabilities to enable combat mission support around the globe 24/7, 365 days a year.” (More) |
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Developing system gives hope to improved battlefield communications
By Donna Miles A Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency program is well on its way toward
developing a system that prevents disruptions in communication
signals, and when they do occur, ensures the message doesn’t
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the news ... Use of these articles does not reflect official endorsement. Reproduction for private use or gain is subject to original copyright restrictions. Defense shift plays to region's strengths -- Boston Globe The Pentagon's plans to introduce new gear to protect troops, invest in more robotics technology, and develop new intelligence-gathering systems will probably mean a long-term boost to a variety of New England companies and universities, helping to offset the proposed cuts to large-scale weapons programs, according to a review of the Defense Department's latest budget. Pentagon acquisition rules exacerbate problems -- National Defense Magazine The defense industry has launched an intensive lobbying campaign in Washington. It contends that future reductions in acquisition funding will put hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk. T-Sat demise poses bandwidth challenge -- Space News The U.S. Defense Department's decision to cancel the $26 billion Transformational Satellite (T-Sat) communications system raises questions about how it will meet the military's skyrocketing requirement for secure communications links, particularly for mobile forces.
Gates reshapes the budget, can he change
the culture? Himes makes 1st
trip to Norden |
command comments ...
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With regard to
ISR, I would be remiss in this setting if I did
not give credit where credit is due for what has
been accomplished over the past year. We’ve seen
a dramatic increase in UAV orbits in theater –
from 23 combat air patrols twelve months ago, to
34 today. The Air Force also stood up a second
schoolhouse and created a new operational
specialty for unmanned system pilots. Due to
that second schoolhouse we are projected to
reach 50 combat air patrols by Fiscal Year 2011.
With Task Force Odin deployed in Iraq, and now
Task Force Liberty in Afghanistan, we’ve seen
how a modest expenditure to mate advanced
sensors to turbo-prop aircraft can make a huge
difference to the men and women at the front ...
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Secretary of Defense |
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