Air Force Magazine
Daily Report for Feb. 23, 2021
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Edited by Amy McCullough with Brian W. Everstine and Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory
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USAF Identifies Pilot Killed in T-38 Crash
By Brian W. Everstine
The USAF pilot killed in the Feb. 19 T-38C Talon crash near Montgomery, Ala., is
1st Lt. Scot Ames Jr., 23, the Air Force said Feb. 22. Ames and a student pilot
from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force were killed when the Talon crashed near
Dannelly Field as part of a multi-leg training mission originating from Columbus
Air Force Base, Miss. The JASDF has not identified the student pilot yet, and
the name will be provided “according to Japan’s established process,” the
14th Flying Training Wing said in a statement. Ames was an instructor pilot with
the 50th Flying Training Squadron at Columbus. He was from Pekin, Ind.
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Air Combat Command Issues Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan
By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory
Air Combat Command is pursuing four lines of effort to enhance diversity and
inclusion among its force, according to an excerpt from its newly issued
Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan, obtained by Air Force Magazine on Feb.
19. The plan, which has not been publicly released, was issued the same day.
“These lines of effort provide the framework for advancing diversity and
inclusion and for building measures of accountability to ensure the enterprise
attracts and leverages elite talent from diverse communities to compete and win
for the nation,” the excerpt stated. The LOEs are also meant to give the
command’s D&I professionals “a strategic outlook” to help them devise
future operational plans and quantify the command’s progress and performance,
it added.
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People Tried to Breach Air National Guard Bases at Least 13 Times This Year
By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory
As of the morning of Feb. 19, the Air National Guard had recorded 13
breaches—including attempted and successful intrusions—at its installations
since the start of 2021, ANG Director Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh told Air Force
Magazine in an interview that day. However, ANG declined to disclose the
locations of the breaches due to operational security concerns.
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Security Forces Training Incident Prompts Investigation at Little Rock AFB
By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory
The 19th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., launched an
investigation after a 19th Security Forces Squadron Airman discharged their
weapon into a classroom wall during a Feb. 14 “dry-fire training,” wing
spokesperson 1st Lt. Jessica M. Cicchetto wrote in a Feb. 19 email to Air Force
Magazine. “During this training event, a live round was discharged and
traveled into a wall,” she wrote. “There were no injuries or fatalities
reported.”
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30 Years After Desert Storm: Feb. 23
In commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of Operation Desert Storm, Air Force
Magazine is posting daily recollections from the six-week war, which expelled
Iraq from occupied Kuwait.
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Radar Sweep
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Congress to Probe How Military Bases Fared During Paralyzing Winter Storms
In his second term holding the gavel of the House Armed Services Readiness
Subcommittee, Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) is planning an active year
addressing how the military will respond to climate change, continuing oversight
of military housing, and investigating the military prescription drug supply
chain. In an interview with Federal News Network, Garamendi said one of his
first actions this year will be to look into military installations’ response
to the ice storm in Texas and surrounding states.
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Air Force Wants to Harden the B-2 Bomber to Withstand an EMP Attack
The U.S. Air Force is looking for ways to better protect its B-2 Spirit bombers
from a future electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, attack, according to a solicitation
posted on the government's acquisition and awards website.
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2020 Vice Chief’s Challenge Winners Announced
The 2020 Vice Chief’s Challenge "Saving Airmen Time" results were announced
Feb. 22. The 15 winning submissions were selected for their innovative approach
to work faster, smarter, and ability to find ways for giving Airmen back their
time.
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Army Invests in Air Force's THOR
The Army has partnered with the Air Force Research Laboratory on its Tactical
High Power Operational Responder in an effort to counter threats posed by enemy
drones, the Air Force announced last week.
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To Defend the High Frontier, Space Force Wants Digitally Minded Troops
If fighter pilots are the rock stars of the Air Force, it could be said that
software coders and app developers are the fighter jocks of the Space Force.
“Software touches everything we do in the Space Force,” said 1st Lt. Jackie
Smith, who runs a Space Force software boot camp whose graduates are known as
the “supra coders.”
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Ivey: State Welcomes Review of Space Command’s Proposed Home
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Feb. 22 said she welcomes a federal review of the
decision to move the Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Huntsville,
saying she believes it will confirm the decision to move it to her state.
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DOD Budget ‘Bloodletting’ Inches Closer to Reality
The Pentagon is at an "inflection point" in terms of how to split the military
budget between the services, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) said, a growing
recognition that the budget calculus is about to change.
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Getting Ready for MH-139As
It’s still a ways off yet but Minot Air Force Base is getting ready for the
Air Force’s new MH-139A “Grey Wolf” helicopters to replace the Vietnam-era
UH-1N Huey helicopters.
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American Avenger Air Defense Systems Reportedly Spotted on a Highway Linking Iraq and Syria
The reported appearance of the Avengers in western Iraq comes not long after a
top American general warned about the threat posed by small drones.
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One More Thing...
Newly Released Documents Shed Light on 1983 Nuclear War Scare with Soviets
The Soviet Union put fighter-bombers loaded with nuclear bombs on 24-hour alert
in East Germany during a NATO nuclear weapons command exercise in November 1983,
and the alert included “preparations for the immediate use of nuclear
weapons,” according to newly released U.S. intelligence records that confirm a
“war scare” during some of the most tense months of the Cold War.
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