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Xombie with Genie payload makes longest, highest flight

and angle of a planetary approach. It landed 984 feet, nearly 300 meters, away from the take off site. The flight established a test-bed capability that will allow for landing demonstrations that start at much higher altitudes—several miles above the ground.

“While computer simulations provide some value as systems are developed, testing that system in a relevant flight environment is invaluable,” said Colin Ake, Masten’s director of business development. “We want our vehicles to facilitate innovation and lower the current barriers to space access. We hope this is just the beginning of many more landing tests for NASA and Draper.”

With a growing interest in using commercial suborbital launch vehicles to demonstrate planetary landing technology applications for future space missions, the Flight Opportunities Program funded the development of precision landing technology demonstrations.

Draper, based in Cambridge, Mass., was selected to lead this engineering and integration demonstration effort. Draper subsequently teamed with Masten, based in Mojave, to provide the vertical takeoff and landing flight vehicle to demonstrate this new landing technology. Flight safety and assurance monitoring was performed by Masten’s Sensei™ software during flight.

“Draper is excited to be a part of a team that demonstrated such a unique capability, combin-

MOJAVE, Calif. – A rocket-powered, verticallanding space-access technology demonstrator reached its highest altitude and furthest distance to date March 25 at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, Calif., using a developmental navigation system designed to land a space vehicle on other celestial bodies.

Masten Space Systems’ XA-0.1B “Xombie” suborbital rocket lifted off the launch pad for an 80-second flight while being controlled by Charles Stark Draper Laboratory’s Guidance Embedded Navigator Integration Environment (GENIE) system developed under NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program.

This combined capability of a rocket-powered demonstrator and a closed-loop planetary Guidance, Navigation and Control system allows NASA to begin testing prototype landing instruments for future missions to the Moon or Mars under realistic conditions without leaving Earth.

“Two hundred meters above the Martian or lunar surface is not the place you want to be using an innovative new sensor or landing algorithm for the first time,” explained Christopher Baker of the Flight Opportunities Program at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base. “We are working to create an environment that provides opportunities to test these systems a little closer to home.”

Xombie rose 1,626 feet, or nearly 500 meters – higher than New York’s Empire State Building – moving in a trajectory that replicated the speed

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New California council to promote defense industry

by Julie Watson Associated Press Gov. Jerry Brown launched a major push March 28 to bolster California’s military installations and defense industries amid federal cutbacks by establishing a council of retired generals and admirals to promote the state.

The 18-member Governor’s Military Council will be led by former congresswoman and Undersecretary of State Ellen Tauscher. It will include former military leaders from different branches, along with state lawmakers and business leaders, Brown’s office announced.

“California plays a crucial role in our nation’s defense, and military bases and activities are vital to our state’s economy,” Brown said in a statement. “As federal priorities shift to cyber security and new military technology, this council will work to expand defense-industry jobs and investment in California.”

California is home to 29 federal military installations. The Pentagon directly employs more than 236,000 people in the state.

Brown said the council will work to protect that presence.

The council does not expect to have a major impact on automatic federal spending cuts that went into effect March 1, said council spokesman

Lt. Col. Tom Keegan of the California National Guard.

But it expects to be able to impact Washington’s decisions beyond that, Keegan said, pointing out that the Pentagon is shifting its focus from the Middle East to the Pacific Rim with the winding down of the war in Afghanistan.

California’s location makes it a prime spot in that new military strategy, Tauscher said.

The council will send a unified message to Washington that highlights California’s assets, including the fact that the state serves as the gateway to Asia with well-established military bases and companies leading the way in technology and other fields needed by the armed forces.

“We will make sure we’re doing everything we can to be in the forefront of the country’s military future,” she said.

The council will meet once a year and draft recommendations to Brown and the state legislature.

The automatic federal spending cuts are expected to touch a vast range of government services. Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have painted a dire picture of construction projects on hold, limits on patrols by aircraft carriers, and the layoffs of thousands of temporary and contract employees with the Defense Department.

F-35B successfully completes AIM-120 separation On March 26, the F-35B Lightning II became the first F-35 variant to complete airborne weapons separations on three different munitions, the most of any model.

Navy test pilot Lt. Cmdr. Michael Burks released an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile from BF-3 over water in the Atlantic Test Ranges. The F-35B is the variant of the Lightning II designed for use by the U.S. Marine Corps, as well as F-35 international partners in the United Kingdom and Italy. The F-35B is capable of short takeoffs and vertical landings to enable air power projection from amphibious ships, ski-jump aircraft carriers and expeditionary airfields. The F-35B is undergoing flight test and evaluation at NAS Patuxent River, Md., and Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., prior to delivery to the fleet.

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At least 2,063 U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001 As of April 2, 2013, at least 2,063 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.

At least 1,713 military service members have died in Afghanistan as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.

Outside of Afghanistan, the department reports at least 119 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Of those, 11 were the result of hostile action.

The AP count of total OEF casualties outside of Afghanistan is four more than the department’s tally.

The Defense Department also counts three military civilian deaths.

Since the start of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, 18,360 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department. AP New Mexico to hire military veterans to fight wildfires New Mexico plans to hire 40 military veterans to serve as firefighters during the upcoming wildfire season as part of a pilot program by Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration.

The governor said April 1 the veterans will be trained and form four crews to fight wildfires across the state.

New Mexico is bracing for a difficult fire season because of lingering drought conditions.

State Forestry spokesman Dan Ware said the military veterans will be in addition to about 250 seasonal firefighters the state typically hires. Starting pay is $17.40 an hour, and some firefighting training starts next week.

Ware said crews of military veterans could be assigned to help fight fires outside of New Mexico after the wildfire season ends in the state. AP China says two pilots killed in Su-27 fighter crash China’s Defense Ministry says two air force pilots were killed when their Russian-made Su-27 fighter crashed during a training mission.

The ministry said in a news release April 1 that the plane went down on a beach near the coastal city of Rongcheng in the northern province of Shandong. It did not offer any reason for the May 31 crash and said there were no reports of damage or injuries to people on the ground.

China began purchasing Su-27s in the early 1990s and many of the planes are near the end of their expected lifespans. China also manufactured a copy of the plane. The secretive People’s Liberation Army and its air force have overhauled their training in recent years to make exercises more realistic, and details about accidents are rarely released. AP U.S. Air Force says B-2 mission cost $2.1 million The U.S. Air Force says it cost $2.1 million to send two nuclear-capable B-2 bombers on a training exercise over South Korea that was widely viewed as a show of force in response to threats from North Korea.

The service’s Global Strike Command said March 29 in a statement that the total flight time for the B-2s was 75 hours. The aircraft made the more than 6,500-mile round trip from the Midwest state of Missouri to a South Korean island range March 28.

North Korea has threatened nuclear strikes on Washington and Seoul.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the decision to send the B-2s for drills with South Korea was part of normal military exercises with a close ally and not intended to provoke a reaction from North Korea. AP

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Army wants to ground heavy training pilots The Army is trying to thin out the ranks of its civilian helicopter instructor pilots with a 250-pound weight limit.

New military rules set to take effect April 1 at the Army’s aviation training center at Fort Rucker, Ala., limit their weight.

The Army is defending the limit, saying heavier pilots increase costs because more fuel is required to keep them aloft.

A union representing civilian pilots at Fort Rucker has filed a federal lawsuit trying to block the new weight restriction, but a judge hasn’t ruled.

The suit includes six flight trainers whose weight ranges from 252 to 272 pounds, including flight suits.

The civilian trainers who sued work for URS Federal Support Services Inc., a contractor.

The lawsuit was first reported by The Dothan Eagle. AP Gitmo hunger strike grows; extent in dispute One of the best known prisoners in Guantanamo says a hunger strike at the U.S. base in Cuba has grown to include 130 men in a protest over their confinement.

Shaker Aamer tells his lawyer that he has lost 32 pounds during the strike that began Feb. 6. Aamer says prison officials have been trying to break the strike without success.

Aamer was born in Saudi Arabia but has been a resident of both Britain and the U.S. There has been an international campaign to free him after he’s spent more than a decade at the prison without charges. U.S. officials have accused him of links to terrorism.

Aamer spoke to his lawyer March 29 about the strike. A prison spokesman said that 39 prisoners are on strike, up two from last week. AP Gay West Point grad fined $100 in protest case A gay West Point graduate discharged from the military for revealing his sexual orientation has been fined $100 in case resulting from his arrest during a 2010 White House demonstration.

A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office says Dan Choi was convicted and fined March 28 by a judge hearing his case. Choi was one of 13 people arrested after they handcuffed themselves to the White House fence. His trial began in 2011 but was put on hold during an appeal. He was convicted of failing to obey lawful order.

Choi, who represented himself, was alternately emotional and angry as his trial resumed. He called as a witness the Rev. C.T. Vivian, a civil rights movement veteran. He later raised his voice at a Park Police officer, another witness. AP Putin attends military exercise in southern Russia President Vladimir Putin has attended a military exercise in the Black Sea intended to showcase Russia’s resurgent military might.

Putin ordered the conduct of the maneuvers from aboard the presidential plane on a flight home from South Africa. The exercise involved about 7,000 troops, 30 navy ships, dozens of combat aircraft and hundreds of armored vehicles.

Putin, accompanied by his defense minister, flew in a military helicopter to watch the maneuvers March 29.

The Kremlin said the exercise’s goal is to check the military’s quick response capability.

The chief of the military’s general staff, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, told Putin that a convoy of 80 armored vehicles quickly made a 280-mile journey from their base to the exercise area. The drill also involved scrambling several airborne units. AP Military contractor pulling out from Georgia base Nearly 300 people are expected to be laid off when a contractor at the Robins Air Force Base

shuts down at the end of May. DynCorp officials tell the Telegraph of Macon its contract with the U.S. Air Force is expiring and all employees working at the Robins Air Force base will be let go.

The company’s vice president of communications, Ashley Burke, says Virginia-based DynCorp had a one-year contract with the U.S. Air Force to provide maintenance support to aircraft including C-130, C-117, C-5 and F-15 planes.

Houston County Career Center manager Jane Simpson says the state Department of Labor will offer to help workers find new jobs. Burke says it is not yet clear whether the company will transfer employees to other locations. AP University, companies discuss Sandia Labs contract The University of New Mexico is talking to several private companies about the possibility of collaborating on a bid to manage the $2.4 billion Sandia National Laboratories.

UNM president Bob Frank told the Albuquerque Journal that a number of private companies have expressed interest in partnering with the university, and the school has met with all of them. ”If the contract is rebid, we’d like to see ourselves as a significant collaborator with the contractor that wins the award,” Frank said.

The contract for longtime manager Lockheed Martin expires in September with a potential six-month extension. Meanwhile, the National Nuclear Security Administration has said it plans to put a new contract to bid. Lockheed Martin has managed Sandia since 1993 and said it wants to continue doing so.

Frank said a management partnership including UNM could result in a more integrated relationship, with a greater number of university faculty and students working in the labs. More important, it could lead to the commercialization of technologies developed at the lab. AP Military aircraft cut from Louisville air show The Kentucky Derby Festival says military aircraft won’t be a part of this year’s air show at Thunder Over Louisville due to federal budget cuts.

Organizers of the event told The Courier-Journal March 29 that fighter jets, bombers and attack helicopters that have thrilled crowds in the past have been grounded from air shows due to spending cuts.

The show, however, will go on.

Festival spokeswoman Aimee Boyd said organizers have lined up civilian aircraft acts that will perform from around 3 p.m. until just before the fireworks show begins.

The April 20 event had 15 acts booked as March 29.

“We saw this coming last July and started doubling and tripling up on civilian aircraft,” said Thunder producer Wayne Hettinger.

Mike Berry, Derby Festival president and CEO, said spectators will still enjoy the acts.

“It will be a wonderful ... but very different air show,” he said. AP US Army veteran charged with fighting with al Qaeda in Syria, using weapon of mass destruction A U.S. Army veteran is charged with conspiring with an al Qaeda group to wage war against the Syrian regime.

Eric Harroun of Phoenix, Ariz., was charged March 28 in federal court in northern Virginia with conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction outside the United States. An affidavit states Harroun has been engaged in military action in Syria, siding with rebel forces against the Syrian government.

It says he used rocket-propelled grenades in the fighting earlier this year.

On his Facebook page, he claimed credit for

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Third F-35B for United Kingdom makes first flight April 1, the third United Kingdom Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II sped down the runway at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, embarking on its first flight. The aircraft, known as ZM137, departed at 10:16 a.m. with Lockheed Martin F-35 Chief Test Pilot Alan Norman at the controls.

ZM137 will complete a series of company and government checkout flights prior to its acceptance by the U.K. Ministry of Defence. ZM137 will join U.K. aircraft ZM135 and ZM136 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., later this year where it will be used for pilot and maintainer training.

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Raytheon consolidates businesses, announces executives Raytheon announced March 25 that it is consolidating its businesses to streamline operations, increase productivity and achieve stronger alignment with its customers’ priorities.

The Raytheon Company structure will consist of four businesses: Intelligence, Information and Services, resulting from the combination of the Intelligence and Information Systems and Raytheon Technical Services businesses; and the Integrated Defense Systems, Missile Systems, and Space and Airborne Systems businesses, each of which will be expanded by the realignment of the former Network Centric Systems business operations. This new structure will be effective April 1, 2013.

“Our new structure will help us enhance productivity, agility and affordability in a challenging defense and aerospace market environment,” said William H. Swanson, Raytheon’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “We will remain focused on success for our global customers while returning value to our shareholders.”

Additionally, Raytheon’s board of drectors has elected Dr. Thomas A. Kennedy to the new

position of executive vice president, chief operating officer. Kennedy previously served as vice president, Raytheon Company, and president of Integrated Defense Systems.

“As we continue to operate in an increasingly competitive budget environment, our ability to enhance our operations, expand our global reach, and coordinate our development opportunities is critical to our success,” said Swanson. “Tom’s outstanding leadership skills and his deep understanding of our technologies, customers and global markets make him well qualified to fill this new and important role.”

In his new role, Kennedy will lead the company’s consolidation efforts and will manage day-to-day operating activities, while contributing to the company’s long-range planning and customer engagement strategies. Reporting to Swanson, Kennedy will provide direct leadership to Raytheon’s business presidents as well as to the leaders of several of the company’s enterprise functions, including: Engineering, Technology and Mission Assurance; Contracts and Supply Chain; Business Development; and

the Global Business Services group.

Raytheon’s businesses In conjunction with the business consolidation, Swanson announced new roles for members of the Raytheon Leadership Team, including: Daniel J. Crowley has been named president, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, succeeding Kennedy. Headquartered in Tewksbury, Mass., IDS will now include two new product lines: C4I Systems and Air Traffic Management.

The expanded business had annual external sales1 of approximately $6 billion in 2012.

Lynn A. Dugle has been named president of the newly-formed Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services business. John D. Harris II, formerly president of Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC, has been named vice president and general manager of the new business, reporting to Dugle. IIS combines the operations of the former Intelligence and Information Systems business, based in Garland, Texas, and RTSC, based in Dulles, Va. The combined business had annual external sales1 of approximately $5.5 billion in 2012.

Dr. Taylor W. Lawrence continues to lead Raytheon’s Missile Systems business based in Tucson, Ariz. The expanded business will now include Combat & Sensing Systems, along with Raytheon UK. The combined business had annual external sales1 of approximately $6.5 billion in 2012.

Richard R. Yuse continues to lead Raytheon’s Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) business based in El Segundo, Calif. The expanded business, with 2012 annual external sales1 of approximately $6 billion, will now include Integrated Communication Systems and Advanced Programs.

Financial impact The consolidation is not expected to have any impact on the company’s 2013 financial guidance. The company anticipates a reduction in workforce of approximately 200 employees related to this effort and annualized cost savings of approximately $85 million.

External sales exclude sales between segments, which were $2 billion in 2012 and are eliminated in the consolidated results.

California airport developer charged with conspiracy The man tasked with developing a former Air Force base into the San Bernardino International Airport has been charged with conspiracy and perjury, prosecutors said March 25.

Scot M. Spencer was arrested in Boca Raton, Fla., March 24 on five felony counts, and an investor and alleged coconspirator, Felice G. Luciano, remained a fugitive, San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos said.

Spencer is a felon who served prison time for bankruptcy fraud, the district attorney’s office said. It wasn’t immediately clear if Spencer, who remained in Florida awaiting extradition to California, had retained an attorney.

Authorities want him held on $1 million bail and allege that he and Luciano used the struggling airport as a personal cash fund, taking $1 million for themselves.

“It’s an unconscionable crime,” Ramos said, according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise.

Spencer first arrived at the airport in 2003 to operate a charter airline after being awarded no-bid agreements to

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oversee the conversion of Norton Air Force Base into a civilian airport, the newspaper reported. Costs ballooned from $45 million in 2007 to $200 million, however, and there are still no scheduled flights.

A bankruptcy judge earlier this year ordered Spencer’s SBD Airport Services LLC out of the luxury private pilot terminal and his Norton Property Management Services LLC to leave one of the airport’s largest aircraft hangars. Spencer had filed for bankruptcy to stall his eviction from the airport.

According to the current criminal complaint dated March 22, Spencer submitted a bogus claim to the San Bernardino International Airport Authority for $1.75 million that said SBD Airport Services was forced to cancel an aircraft lease because it wasn’t able to occupy a hangar at the airport.

In March 2010, the complaint states, Spencer traveled to New York City and met with Luciano, where the two signed a fake lease agreement.

Spencer is also accused of lying under

oath about his criminal history and his business involvement, and of presenting a false document as evidence.

Spencer has come under scrutiny before.

In 2011, he was the focus of a criti-

cal civil grand jury report and an FBI search. The grand jury found that Spencer received millions of dollars’ worth of questionable contracts from the airport authority.

The current investigation was con-

ducted by members of a special multiagency task force formed in 2010 to investigate corruption in San Bernardino County, about 60 miles east of Los Angeles. AP

Consultant to study Virginia’s military assets Virginia is preparing for potential base realignments and closures by hiring a consultant to study the state’s military assets.

The Alexandria-based Spectrum Group will develop a closure risk assessment for each military base in the state.

The company will report its findings the state’s Commission on Military Installations and Defense Activities.

The Spectrum Group is doing similar work for Alabama and Florida.

Veterans Affairs & Homeland Security Secretary Terrie Suit told The Virginian-Pilot that the company’s work for other states shouldn’t be a conflict. The $300,000 contract contains a confidentiality agreement that prohibits Spectrum from sharing its findings with third parties.

“We’re going to be very careful about the information sharing on this because we learned last time that the com-

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petitors are very aggressive,” said Suit, referring to 2005, when the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, or BRAC, proposed closing Oceana Naval Air Station and sending the Navy’s fleet of F/A-18 Hornets to Florida.

“We don’t want to give away our strategies.”

Retired Rear Adm. Craig Quigley, director of the Hampton Roads Military and Federal Facilities Alliance, said he is glad that Virginia is being more proactive than it was for the previous round of base realignments and closures.

Congress hasn’t yet signaled support for another round of base realignments and closures. But Quigley said it’s good to begin preparing for potential cuts.

“There are a variety of states that are doing what Virginia is now doing to prepare themselves for the potential for another round or two of BRAC,” Quigley said. “We’re seeing what other states are seeing and preparing accordingly.” AP

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Prosecutors say one of the groups with which Harroun served is the al-Nusrah Front, which is commonly known as al Qaeda in Iraq.

Harroun has made an initial court appearance. A public defender was appointed to represent him in a detention hearing scheduled for April 2. AP Air Force cancels Red Flag-Alaska training The Air Force is canceling its flight training exercise scheduled for April in Alaska.

An announcement from Pacific Air Forces says Red Flag-Alaska is being set aside because of budgetary concerns.

The training exercise traditionally takes place at Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks, and use the Joint Pacific Alaskan Range Complex for training.

Next month’s training was to have included aircraft and crews from Canada and the United Kingdom. The Air Force says they will still offer use of the range to them.

Pacific Air Forces officials at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickman in Hawaii say they are trying to reduce the effect of sequestration on other training exercises.

Spokeswoman Capt. Kim Bender says planning continues for another Red Flag training exercise in Alaska in August. AP Anti-drone protesters arrested at Creech AFB Officials say eight people were arrested on disturbing the peace charges during a demonstration outside an Air Force base home to Predator and Reaper remote-controlled drone aircraft.

Nevada Desert Experience coordinator Jim Haber says the March 27 protest at Creech Air Force Base was part of an annual peace walk.

It started in Las Vegas and ends this week in Mercury, at the gate of a former federal nuclear proving ground now called the Nevada National Security Site.

Haber says the five men and three women arrested were from California, New York, Wisconsin and Nevada. None was injured.

Las Vegas police Officer Laura Meltzer says they’re accused of failing to disperse when ordered.

Each was driven 45 miles to Las Vegas, given summonses with a June court date and released. AP

E-2C Hawkeye makes emergency landing in Norfolk, Va. A Navy spokesman says no one was injured when an E-2C Hawkeye made an emergency landing at Norfolk Naval Station.

Naval Air Force Atlantic spokesman Mike Maus told media outlets that the pilot noticed smoke coming from the turboprop aircraft’s right engine shortly after it took off March 27 from Chambers Field at the naval station. The plane returned to the airfield.

Maus said the plane was heading to Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field in Chesapeake to conduct routine field carrier landing practice.

The aircraft is being examined to determine what caused the smoke.

Four people were on the plane at the time. AP USS Abraham Lincoln moves for complex overhaul The USS Abraham Lincoln has arrived at a shipyard in Newport News, Va., in preparation for a refueling and complex overhaul.

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier’s transit from Naval Station Norfolk to Newport News Shipbuilding had been delayed six weeks because of federal budget concerns. The Lincoln made its way up the James River to the shipyard March 28.

The Navy says it expects to award a contract to conduct the overhaul soon. Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers undergo a refueling and complex overhaul once in their 50-year lifespan.

The overhaul is scheduled to be completed in November 2016.

AP ‘Aviation Nation’ air show canceled at Nellis AFB U.S. Air Force officials say federal budget cuts mean the grounding of the Thunderbirds precision aerial demonstration team and cancellation of a popular Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., open house and air show.

The 99th Air Base Wing commander, Col. Barry Cornish, announced March 26 that Aviation Nation 2013 is off.

The event had been scheduled Nov. 9-10.

Base spokesman Benjamin Newell says there’s no chance it could happen now.

The event features displays by all the military services – highlighted by shows by the Nellis-based Air Force Thunderbirds.

Cornish says Aviation Nation lets Nellis show the community what takes place on the base, and he says he hopes it’ll be back.

But he says budget cuts dubbed sequestration are forcing the Air Force to prioritize combat readiness over other activities. AP Boeing CEO says 787 is ‘very close’ to flying Boeing CEO Jim McNerney is sure his company is “very close” to getting its troubled 787 Dreamliner jet back flying again.

“We have a high degree of confidence in the technical solution we are testing right now with the FAA,” McNerney said March 28. “I think it will be sooner than later.”

Boeing started flight testing a solution to the 787’s battery problems March 25. Those problems led regulators to ground the plane in January. McNerney expects the tests to conclude in a few days and said the data should be conclusive enough to convince regulators to let the plane fly again.

He called the grounding a “frustrating experience” but said regulators are putting safety first.

“They have the best interest of the flying public in mind,” McNerney said. AP Most Australian troops to leave Afghanistan this year Most Australian troops in Afghanistan will be home by the end of the year when the international military base at Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan province closes.

Defense Minister Stephen Smith said March 26 that at least 1,000 of the 1,550 Australian troops in Afghanistan will be withdrawn by the end of 2013.

The decision by the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force to draw down and close the base at Tarin Kowt was made after consultation with Australia and Afghan authorities.

Smith said it was in line with the timetable to transition to full Afghan-led security responsibility in Oruzgan by year’s end.

The Australian military’s main focus in Afghanistan is to train an Afghan National Army battalion to take responsibility for security in the province. AP

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Forecast International sees intensifying competition in the medium/heavy military rotorcraft market Forecast International is projecting that 4,796 medium/heavy military rotorcraft will be produced between 2013 and 2022.

The Connecticut-based market research firm estimates the value of this production at $114.4 billion in constant 2013 U.S. dollars. The company defines a medium/heavy rotorcraft as one having a gross weight of 6,804 kilograms (15,000 pounds) or greater.

Annual medium/heavy military rotorcraft production has grown steadily since 2005. The Forecast International study projects that this growth will continue into 2013, when production

is forecast to reach 615 rotorcraft. Thereafter, however, the study projects that yearly production will enter into a period of gradual decline, falling to only 380 rotorcraft by the year 2022.

This anticipated decline is attributable to several factors. The budgetary environment in the United States and many other nations has become severe, and high levels of government debt are forcing officials to look for areas, such as military budgets, in which to reduce spending.

Meanwhile, a number of key military rotorcraft acquisition programs are well into their production runs and will soon run their course.

FedEx to buy Boeing jets from United Airlines

FedEx Corp. says it will buy up to 30 Boeing aircraft from United Airlines and convert them into cargo planes.

Financial terms of the deal were not released.

FedEx disclosed its plans in a regulatory filing. The packagedelivery company said it would buy 14 Boeing 757 aircraft, which will be delivered through 2015, and could buy up to 16 more 757s.

United announced last year that it would buy 150 Boeing 737s over the next several years to replace older 757s.

FedEx spokesman Jess Bunn said Monday that the purchase of planes from United is the latest move in a fleet-modernization program that started several years ago. ”We are retiring older, less efficient aircraft and replacing them with more modern and efficient ones,” he said. AP

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Other programs have been stretched out, with smaller annual procurement lots. At the same time, few major new procurement programs have emerged that would help keep overall build rates growing. Order backlogs at manufacturers are declining. As the market shrinks, the competition among manufacturers for market share will become ever more fierce.

Beyond the forecast timeframe, the study points to the U.S. military’s Future Vertical Lift program as being especially important to the long-term future of the military rotorcraft industry. The FVL project involves the development

and manufacture of a new rotorcraft family to meet future U.S. attack, scout, and utility rotorcraft needs. Service entry is tentatively planned for around 2030. U.S. military acquisition of FVL-based rotorcraft, combined with possible export sales, means that the market potential for such a rotorcraft family is substantial. According to Forecast International senior aerospace analyst Raymond Jaworowski, “The contractor or contractor team ultimately selected to produce the FVL series could be in a position to eventually dominate the military rotorcraft market.”

Lockheed launches technology hub Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company March 28 announced an initiative aimed at expanding its collaboration with Silicon Valley companies to meet the diverse technology needs of the federal government.

Called the Lockheed Martin Silicon Valley Alliance, this technology hub will provide the federal government with greater visibility into innovative technology solutions developed locally, including affordable software and cyber security solutions. For example, a game developer’s software could improve the realism of a military simulation system.

“Lockheed Martin has played an

ultra-high-tech role in the Silicon Valley story since 1956 when we opened our facility in Sunnyvale, adjacent to Moffett Field,” said Tory Bruno, Lockheed Martin’s president of Strategic and Missile Defense Systems.

“The government market catalyzed the initial growth of all high-tech industries in the San Francisco Bay Area. Now, through the Lockheed Martin Silicon Valley Alliance, we can help to reconnect today’s companies to that market, which continues to be substantial despite a challenging economy.”

Technology companies will gain greater access to Department of De-

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fense, NASA and other U.S. government markets, with Lockheed Martin facilitating partnerships that mature innovations into products that meet federal requirements.

The high-performance systems that Lockheed Martin develops require a range of technologies, including cloud computing, biometrics, information management, modeling and simulation, precision pointing, energy management and storage, optics and electro-optics, and nanotechnology.

Companies interested in participating may register at the following web page https://lmco.sbirsttr.dodapps. com/silicon-valley-alliance.

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MASTEN, from 1 ing our guidance, navigation and control technology with a proven test flight platform like Xombie,” said Doug Zimpfer, Draper’s associate director for human space exploration. “We believe the GENIE and Xombie system provide NASA with the platform necessary to demonstrate a wide range of exciting planetary landing technologies including advanced guidance technology.”

Flight Opportunities initiated the test efforts in December 2011. The flights built incrementally on ground simulations, tethered flights and closed-loop flight demonstrations. The most recent flight demonstrated an expanded Xombie and GENIE envelope for precision planetary landing that includes enough margin to integrate additional landing sensor technologies in the future.

The Flight Opportunities Program, part of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, is enabling demonstration and maturation of new technology payloads using suborbital reusable launch vehicles, high-altitude balloons and parabolic aircraft to expose technology payloads to space-relevant environments of reduced gravity or near-space flights.

The program facilitates low-cost access to suborbital environments for a broad range of innovators as a means of advancing space technology development and supporting the evolving entrepreneurial commercial space industry.

The Space Technology Mission Directorate will develop the cross-cutting, advanced and pioneering new technologies needed for NASA’s current and future missions, many of which also benefit America’s aerospace industries, other government agencies, and address national needs.

NASA photographs by Tom Tshida

Tye Brady, principal investigator for Draper Lab’s GENIE flight control system, makes final adjustments to the system on Masten Space Systems’ Xombie technology demonstration rocket before liftoff.

Right: Masten Space Systems’ Xombie space-access technology demonstrator lifts off on its highest and longest flight to date, guided by Draper Lab’s GENIE navigation and control system. Above: Masten’s Xombie space-access technology demonstrator descends for landing after its highest and longest flight to date, guided by Draper Lab’s GENIE navigation and control system.

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Defense News

DOD requires more base closings, official says The Defense Department possesses more real estate than it needs and is looking to close additional bases and installations in the United States and abroad, a senior DOD official told a House panel March 14.

Air Force leaders agree, according to Kathleen I. Ferguson, acting assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations, environment and logistics.

“While we have no recent excess infrastructure capacity analysis from which to draw, our capacity analysis from 2004 suggested that 24 percent of Air Force basing infrastructure was excess to our mission needs,” Ferguson said.

Since the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure, which brought very few changes to the Air Force and only 3.4 percent reductions to the entire DOD, the Air Force has reduced its force structure by more than 500 aircraft and active-duty end strength by nearly 8 percent, Ferguson said.

“So, intuitively we know that we still have excess infrastructure, while we spend considerable time optimizing the use of our facilities and carefully and frugally managing those facilities

we know to be excess,” Ferguson said.

Based on these facts, which were mirrored in the other services, another round of base realignments and closings should be an essential part of any overall strategy for reshaping the military, John Conger, the acting deputy undersecretary of defense for installations and environment, told the House Armed Services Committee in prepared testimony.

“Force structure is declining relative to that which existed in 2005, thereby continuing to add to aggregate excess capacity,” Conger said, noting that the U.S. Army is reducing its active-duty end strength from 570,000 to 490,000 by 2020, and the Marine Corps from about 202,000 to 182,000.

“If we assume our bases were either appropriately loaded or were carrying excess capacity, these force reductions will increase that surplus,” he said.

In last year’s budget request, the Pentagon asked Congress for permission to initiate two more rounds of base closings under BRAC. Conger said the last round of BRAC closings, in 2005, produced $4 billion in annual recurring savings.

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by Jennifer Cassidy Air Force News The Air Force released its plan March 28 to implement force structure changes mandated by the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. The bill authorized the service to complete actions approved in previous years, such as aircraft retirements, and directed execution of Congressionallyapproved force structure actions.

Some of these changes were outlined in the Air Force’s Total Force Proposal, developed in coordination with the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve.

Others were congressionally-directed.

“Our Air Force continues efforts to maximize the strength of our Total Force, and we are pleased with the progress that is being made on this front,” said Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley. “This implementation plan illustrates the Air Force’s continued commitment to transparency as it completes the force structure requirements directed and authorized by the NDAA.” The NDAA directs a reduction of 65 aircraft and approximately 1,400 military billets from the Air National Guard, 57 aircraft from the Air Force Reserve, and 122 aircraft and approximately 6,100 military billets from the active-duty Air Force.

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“Working together we can combine the personnel, equipment and readiness necessary to build a total Air Force equal to all the challenges our nation faces,” said Lt. Gen. Stanley (Sid) E. Clarke III, director of the Air National Guard.

The Air Force’s implementation plan includes a state-by-state description of changes for each base and the associated timeline. Each major command developed activation, reassignment, re-missioning or divesture options.

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Marine Corps’ first operational F-35B conducts initial vertical landing

by Capt. Staci Reidinger MCAS Yuma, Ariz.

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 watched in amazement and satisfaction as the Corps’ first operational F-35B Lightning II squadron conducted its first Short Take Off, Vertical Landing operations aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., March 21, 2013.

Maj. Richard Rusnok, an F-35B Lightning II test pilot, conducted VMFA-121’s first short landing and takeoff as well as the Corps’ first F-35B

Marine Corps photograph by Cpl. Ken Kalemkarian

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, the Corps’ first operational F-35B Lightning II squadron, prepares for flight operations aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. March 21, 2013. VMFA-121 conducted the Marine Corps’ first Short Take Off, Vertical Landing operations outside of a testing environment on the same day.

hover and vertical landing outside of a testing environment in BF-19.

VMFA-121 is the first F-35B squadron to join Marine Aircraft Group 13 which is currently composed of four AV-8B Harrier squadrons a Marine wing support squadron and a Marine aviation logistics squadron.

Rusnok was accompanied by VMFA-121’s commanding officer, LtCol. Jeffrey Scott, flying a second F-35B as a chase aircraft.

“The first STOVL flight for an F35B outside of the test environment

was another milestone achieved by the Marine Corps and the Green Knights today here at MCAS Yuma,” stated Scott. “The F-35 program and specifically the F-35B have made significant progress to make this possible.”

As the squadron expands its operations and end strength, they will continue revolutionizing expeditionary Marine air-ground combat power in all threat environments through the use of MCAS Yuma training ranges in Arizona and California. VMFA-121 will be home to approximately 300

Marines and is expected to receive additional F-35s throughout the next 8 to 12 months, with a total of 16 aircraft scheduled to arrive by late 2013.

Differently from previous fixed wing capabilities across the Department of Defense, the integration of U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and coalition F-35 Lightning II aircraft on a common platform will provide the dominant, multi-role, fifth generation capabilities needed across the full spectrum of combat operations to deter potential adversaries and enable future aviation

power projection.

Specific to the Marine Corps, consolidating three aircraft, the AV-8B Harrier, the F/A-18 Hornet and the EA-6B, into one is central to maintaining tactical aviation affordability and serving as good stewards of taxpayer dollars.

VMFA-121 will continue to set the pace for the F-35 program based on a common platform. The U.S. Air Force and Navy can now integrate best practices from VMFA-121 in preparation for the future operational basing of the F-35A and F-35C.

DOD looks at funding’s effect on personnel, programs

by Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service Defense Department officials are looking at the recently signed continuing resolution that funds the government for the rest of the fiscal year to discern how the legislation affects personnel and programs, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said March 27.

The legislation may mean fewer furlough days for defense civilian employees.

“The full range of options is on the table,” Little said. “Our current stand is that we are going to have to take a look still at the prospect of furloughs. I’m not prepared to say we are going to zero. I’m not going to say we are going to depart from our current plan, either.”

Before the funding measure, officials had planned for DOD’s civilian employees, with few exceptions, to have 22 unpaid furlough days by the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year.

Since the continuing resolution passed, Pentagon officials have been sorting through furloughs and “a whole range of other matters,” Little said.

“The CR doesn’t solve all of our problems to be sure,” he added, “but furloughs are a consideration.”

The Department is looking at a range of options, Little said. When the funding measure seemed imminent, DOD officials delayed sending notification letters to employees so they could consider the continuing resolution’s implications. This also delayed the point at which the furloughs could begin.

Officials now say those letters will be distributed on or about April 5, with civilian employees poised to lose a day’s pay each week beginning May 5, instead of beginning April 26, as previously planned.

This could reduce total furlough days for each employee to 20.

The continuing resolution President Barack Obama signed yesterday may cut the number of furlough days even more, Little said, but it’s too soon to know.

“We’re looking at a number of options inside the additional money we received as a result of the continuing resolution,” he said. “I can’t say at this point that we are going to forego furloughs altogether, and I can’t say at this stage that we’re going to amend our expected policy to furlough civilian employees.”

Pentagon officials have to look at a number of considerations with respect to this money, Little explained, as they must look at competing needs in the defense budget and “balance all those and see what makes sense.”

When sequestration triggered March 1, it mandated across-theboard cuts. The continuing resolution puts $10.4 billion back into the budget, Little said.

“It is conceivable that furloughs could be part of that equation,” he said, as the extra money does give the department some flexibility.

The continuing resolution also reinstates tuition assistance for service members. “We will comply with the recently enacted legislation to provide tuition assistance to all service members across all the services,” Little said.

Service members wishing to join the program may do so, Little said, adding that he expects no cuts in the program this year.

“We intend to resume the program the way it was before suspension,” he said.

STRUCTURE, from 7 foundation for what is best for our Air Force,” said Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, chief, Air Force Reserve and commander, Air Force Reserve Command. “We must leverage regular and reserve component strengths and align our decisions with a commitment as one total force team.”

Key principles include: ensure personnel readiness, training and retention for transitioning units to remain at the highest level practicable and min-

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imize mission gaps for units transitioning to new or different missions. Each of the components embraces these principles.

The Air Force will apply this collaborative approach to facilitate open communication with key stakeholders on future total force efforts. Recently, the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Air Force created a Total Force Task Force.

TF2 will create an enduring strategic process to

determine how to correctly balance the strengths of each component to sustain capabilities required to defend our nation now and into the future.

“Our active, Reserve and Guard components are increasingly integrated — training, deploying and conducting a full range of missions together as one Air Force,” said Donley, “and we’re committed to ensuring that our active and reserve component mix correctly balances the strengths of each component,

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meeting our strategic requirements and our fiscal demands as well. The fiscal 2013 implementation plan gets us on a path toward that end.”

Find the full text of the Air Force Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act Implementation Plan “A Strong Total Force for the Future” at http://www.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-130328-035.pdf.

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Veteran’s News

Air Force reservists, retirees eligible for TRICARE by

by Col. Col. Bob Bob Thompson Thompson Washington, Washington, D.C. D.C.

TRICARE has affordable healthTRICARE has affordable healthcare programs available for all Air care programs available for all Air Force Reserve retirees – including Force Reserve retirees – including “gray-area retirees” and actively“gray-area retirees” and activelyparticipating Air Force reservists, no participating Air Force matter what orders theyreservists, are on. no matter what orders they on. age Reservists who retireare before retire before age 60Reservists are eligiblewho for TRICARE Retired 60 are eligible for TRICARE Retired Reserve coverage while they are in Reserve while theywaiting are in the “graycoverage area.” This is the the “gray area.” retiring This is from the waiting period between active period retiring from service between and collecting their Air active Force service collecting Air60.

Force Reserveand retirement paytheir at age Reserve pay at orders age 60. for Whileretirement on active-duty more thanon 30active-duty days, all reservists are While orders for covered by30 TRICARE Prime. Howmore than days, all reservists are ever, reservists could find themselves covered

by TRICARE Prime.

Howwithout healthcare when ever, reservists couldinsurance find themselves they are inhealthcare between active-duty without insuranceorders. when To themselves and theyensure are incoverage between for active-duty orders. their families, reservists can enrolland in To ensure coverage for themselves TRICARE Reserve Select. their families, reservists can enroll in Both TRICARE Reserve Select TRICARE Reserve Select. andBoth TRICARE Retired Reserve proTRICARE Reserve Select vide comprehensive health coverage and TRICARE Retired Reserve proincluding: emergency care; outpatient vide comprehensive health coverage visits, hospitalization, maternity care, including: emergency care; outpatient visits, hospitalization, maternity care,

mental/behavioral mental/behavioral health health care, care, preprescriptions and preventive care scriptions and preventive care such such as as wellness wellness exams exams and and immunizations. immunizations.

Currently, the monthly premiCurrently, the monthly premiums for TRICARE Reserve Seums for TRICARE Reserve Select are: $51.62 for the reservist lect are: $51.62 for the reservist only and $195.81 for reservists and only and $195.81 for reservists and

their their families. families.

The The monthly monthly premiums premiums for for TRITRICARE Retired Reserve are: CARE Retired Reserve are: $402.11 $402.11 for the retired reservist only and for the retired reservist only and $969.10 for the retirees and their $969.10 for the retirees and their families. families.

At age 60, TRICARE Retired ReAt age 60, TRICARE Retired Re-

serve serve coverage coverage ends ends and and retirees retirees are eligible for additional are eligible for additional coverage coverage through through TRICARE TRICARE Prime, Prime, Standard, Standard, or Extra. Currently, the yearly premior Extra. Currently, the yearly premiums for TRICARE Prime are: $269.28 ums for TRICARE Prime are: $269.28 for the individual plan, and $538.56 for the individual plan, and $538.56 for the family package. for the family package.

At At age age 65, 65, all all Americans Americans come come ununder Medicare coverage.

Also, der Medicare coverage. Also, MediMedicare care health health insurance insurance covers covers people people under 65 with certain disabilities. under 65 with certain disabilities.

To find out more or to enroll in To find out more or to enroll in TRICARE’s programs for reservists, TRICARE’s programs for reservists, go to: www.tricare.mil/trs. go to: www.tricare.mil/trs.

Missing Missing World World War War II II Pacific Pacific Theater Theater pilot pilot identified identified The remains of a serviceman from World War II have been identified of a serviceman from War full II have beenhonors, identified andThe areremains being returned to his family forWorld burial with military the and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors, the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office announced in a DOD Defense Prisoner of today.

War/Missing Personnel Office announced in a DOD news release issued news release issued Army 1st Lt. Johntoday.

E. Terpning, of Mount Prospect, Ill., was buried Army Lt. JohnNational E. Terpning, of Mount Prospect, Ill.,May was7,buried April 3 in1st Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Va. On 1944, Terpning a pilot National of a B-24D Liberator aircraft that April 3 in was Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Va. departed On May Nadzab, 7, 1944, New Guinea, a bombing mission.

Terpning was on a pilot of a B-24D Liberator aircraft that departed Nadzab, Due to mechanical troubles, the B-24D was delayed in departing the New Guinea, on a bombing mission. airbase and was unable to join the formation takeoff.

The aircraft, Due to mechanical troubles, B-24D wasafter delayed in departing the Terpning, theunable nine other crewmen aboardafter the plane were after airbase andnor was to join the formation takeoff.

Theseen aircraft, takeoff.

In nor 1946, Warother Department declared men were to be seen presumed Terpning, thethe nine crewmen aboardall theten plane after dead. takeoff. In 1946, the War Department declared all ten men to be presumed In 1973, a Papua New Guinea Forest Department official reported a dead. wartime aircraft in the mountains of the city official of Lae. In Octobera In 1973, a Papua New Guinea northeast Forest Department reported 1973, a team of Royal Australian Air Force members responded to the wartime aircraft in the mountains northeast of the city of Lae. In October report and visited the site, where they found aircraft wreckage that cor1973, a team of Royal Australian Air Force members responded to the report and visited the site, where they found aircraft wreckage that cor-

responded to that of a B-24D. responded to that a B-24D. At that time theofRAAF recovered possible human remains, which were At that time the RAAF recovered possible human remains, were transferred to the U.S. Army Mortuary in Tachikawa, Japan.which However, transferred to thetechnology U.S. Armyat Mortuary in human Tachikawa, Japan. given the limited that time, no remains wereHowever, individugiven the limitedIntechnology at that time, noburied humanasremains were individually identified.

1974, the remains were a group at Arlington ally identified.

In 1974, the remains were buried as a group at Arlington National Cemetery.

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2008, a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command team was sent to National investigate and survey crash site.Accounting The team recovered wreckage In April 2008, a Jointthe POW/MIA Commandaircraft team was sent to from a B-24D additional remains, including a radio call sign data plate investigate andand survey the crash site. The team recovered aircraft wreckage that frommatched a B-24Dthe andaircraft. additional remains, including a radio call sign data plate Tomatched identifythe theaircraft. remains, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces that DNA Identification Laboratory used circumstantial evidence and forensic To identify the remains, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces identification tools such as dental comparisons andevidence mitochondrial DNA, DNA Identification Laboratory used circumstantial and forensic which matched Terpning’s brother. identification tools such as dental comparisons and mitochondrial DNA, At the end of Terpning’s World War brother.

II, the U.S. government was unable to recover which matched and identify approximately 79,000 Americans. Today, more than 73,000 At the end of World War II, the U.S. government was unable to recover Americans are unaccounted-for from that conflict. and identify approximately 79,000 Americans. Today, more than 73,000 Americans are unaccounted-for from that conflict.

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Veterans fight changes to disability payments

by Kevin Freking Associated Press Veterans groups are rallying to fight any proposal to change disability payments as the federal government attempts to address its longterm debt problem. They say they’ve sacrificed already.

Government benefits are adjusted according to inflation, and President Barack Obama has endorsed using a slightly different measure of inflation to calculate Social Security benefits. Benefits would still grow but at a slower rate.

Advocates for the nation’s 22 million veterans fear that the alternative inflation measure would also apply to disability payments to nearly 4 million veterans as well as pension payments for an additional 500,000 low-income veterans and surviving families.

“I think veterans have already paid their fair share to support this nation,” said the American Legion’s Louis Celli. “They’ve paid it in lower wages while serving, they’ve paid it through their wounds and sacrifices on the battlefield and they’re paying it now as they try to recover from those wounds.”

Economists generally agree that projected long-term debt increases stemming largely from the growth in federal health care programs pose a threat to the country’s economic competitiveness. Addressing the threat means difficult decisions for lawmakers and pain for many constituents in the decades ahead.

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meetings with lawmakers and their staffs. They’ll be closely watching the unveiling of the president’s budget next month to see whether he continues to recommend the change.

Obama and others support changing the benefit calculations to a variation of the Consumer Price Index, a measure called “chained CPI.” The conventional CPI measures changes in retail prices of a constant marketbasket of goods and services.

Chained CPI considers changes in the quantity of goods purchased as well as the prices of those goods. If the price of steak goes up, for example, many consumers will buy more chicken, a cheaper alternative to steak, rather than buying less steak or going without meat.

Supporters argue that chained CPI is a truer indication of inflation because it measures changes in consumer behavior. It also tends to be less than the conventional CPI, which would impact how cost-ofliving raises are computed.

Under the current inflation update, monthly disability and pension payments increased 1.7 percent this year. Under chained CPI, those payments would have increased 1.4 percent.

The Congressional Budget Office projects that moving to chained CPI would trim the deficit by nearly $340 billion over the next decade.

About two-thirds of the deficit closing would come from less spending and the other third would come from additional revenue because of adjustments that tax brackets would undergo.

Isabel Sawhill, a senior fellow in economic studies at The Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think tank, said she understands why veterans, senior citizens and others

have come out against the change, but she believes it’s necessary.

“We are in an era where benefits are going to be reduced and revenues are going to rise. There’s just no way around that. We’re on an unsustainable fiscal course,” Sawhill said.

“Dealing with it is going to be painful, and the American public has not yet accepted that. As long as every group keeps saying, `I need a carveout, I need an exception,’ this is not going to work.”

Sawhill argued that making changes now will actually make it easier for veterans in the long run.

“The longer we wait to make these changes, the worse the hole we’ll be in and the more draconian the cuts will have to be,” she said.

That’s not the way Sen. Bernie Sanders sees it. The chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs said he recently warned Obama that every veterans group he knows of has come out strongly against changing the benefit calculations for disability benefits and pensions by using chained CPI. “I don’t believe the American people want to see our budget balanced on the backs of disabled veterans. It’s especially absurd for the White House, which has been quite generous in terms of funding for the VA,” said Sanders, I-Vt. “Why they now want to do this, I just don’t understand.”

Sanders succeeded in getting the Senate to approve an amendment last week against changing how the costof-living increases are calculated, but the vote was largely symbolic.

Lawmakers would still have a decision to make if moving to chained CPI were to be included as part of a bargain on taxes and spending.

Sanders’ counterpart on the House

side, Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., the chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, appears at least open to the idea of going to chained CPI. “My first priority is ensuring that America’s more than 20 million veterans receive the care and benefits they have earned, but with a national debt fast approaching $17 trillion, Washington’s fiscal irresponsibility may threaten the very provision of veterans’ benefits,” Miller said.

“Achieving a balanced budget and reducing our national debt will help us keep the promises America has made to those who have worn the uniform, and I am committed to working with Democrats and Republicans to do just that.”

Marshall Archer, 30, a former Marine Corps corporal who served two stints in Iraq, has a unique perspective about the impact of slowing the growth of veterans’ benefits. He collects disability payments to compensate him for damaged knees and shoulders as well as post-traumatic stress disorder.

He also works as a veterans’ liaison for the city of Portland, Maine, helping some 200 low-income veterans find housing.

Archer notes that on a personal level, the reduction in future disability payments would also be accompanied down the road by a smaller Social Security check when he retires. That means he would take a double hit to his income.

“We all volunteered to serve, so we all volunteered to sacrifice,” he said. “I don’t believe that you should ever ask those who have already volunteered to sacrifice to then sacrifice again.”

That said, Archer indicated he would be willing to “chip in” if he believes that everyone is required to give as well.

He said he’s more worried about the veterans he’s trying to help find a place to sleep. About a third of his clients rely on VA pension payments averaging just over $1,000 a month. He said their VA pension allows them to pay rent, heat their home and buy groceries, but that’s about it.

“This policy, if it ever went into effect, would actually place those already in poverty in even more poverty,” Archer said.

The changes that would occur by using the slower inflation calculation seem modest at first. For a veteran with no dependents who has a 60 percent disability rating, the use of chained CPI this year would have lowered the veteran’s monthly payments by $3 a month. Instead of getting $1,026 a month, the veteran would have received $1,023.

Raymond Kelly, legislative director for Veterans of Foreign Wars, acknowledged that veterans would see little change in their income during the first few years of the change.

But even a $36 hit over the course of a year is “huge” for many of the disabled veterans living on the edge, he said.

The amount lost over time becomes more substantial as the years go by. Sanders said that a veteran with a 100 percent disability rating who begins getting payments at age 30 would see their annual payments trimmed by more than $2,300 a year when they turn 55.

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April 9-12: Super Sabre Society Las Vegas, Nev. For more information, contact Dewey Clawson at (724) 336-4273 or email deweyclawson@hotmail.com April 18-21: 475th Fighter Group; 431st, 432nd and 433rd Fighter Squadrons, 5th Air Force Nashville, Tenn.

For more information contact Dana Grossman at (858) 692-1358 or email dana@grossman.info.

April 25-28: Air Force Public Affairs Alumni Association Las Vegas, Nev. For more information, contact John Terino at (703) 239-2704 or email johnterino@afpaaa.org.

April 25-28: 485th Tactical Missile Wing Cocoa Beach, Fla. For more information, contact Rob Webber at (941) 685-1000 or email robwebber@comcast.net.

April 25-28: Stalag Luft III POW Camp, Germany (World War II) Crystal City, Va. For more information, contact Val Burgess at (307) 674-4080 or email vburgess@burgessdesigngroup.com.

April 26-28: 525th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (F-86 and F-102) Las Vegas, Nev. For more information, contact Frank Litt at (817) 294-1136 or email 525bulldogs@sbcglobal.net.

April 28-May 2: 100th Bomb Wing, 8th Air Force San Diego, Calif.

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XCOR’s piston pump powers Lynx rocket engine test

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The initial portion of XCOR’s pump test program culminated in a 67-second engine run with the propulsion system mated to the flight weight Lynx fuselage. After the installation of the flight sized liquid oxygen tank, the next test sequence will extend the engine run duration to the full powered flight duration of the Lynx Mark I suborbital vehicle.

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SpaceX Dragon cargo ship returns from space station

by Raphael Jaffe staff writer The SpaceX dragon capsule completed its second successful cargo resupply and return mission to the International Space Station March 25.

It was CRS-2 of the SpaceX contract with NASA under its $1.6 billion Commercial Resupply Services [12 missions] contract.

The capsule splashed down about 250 miles west of Baja California and was quickly picked up by three recovery vessels, one of which used a crane to bring it aboard. It was then taken to the Port of Long Beach, Calif. Refrigerated samples will be turned over to NASA within 48 hours of splashdown. The Dragon then will be trucked to the SpaceX McGregor, Texas, facility, where the rest of the down cargo from the ISS will be distributed to NASA. The mission started from Cape Canaveral, Fla., March 1, with Falcon 9 bringing Dragon up to orbit. The problem of only having one of the Dragon’s four thrusters available was solved after six hours; but Dragon arrived at the International Space Station a day later than scheduled. All the thrusters worked perfectly on the return

flight, and Dragon made a pinpoint accurate landing. Bad weather in the recovery zone kept Dragon in orbit for an extra day.

Dragon carried up 1,268 pounds of food, equipment and science supplies.

The return cargo was mainly scientific samples. There were also 13 Lego block sets that astronauts had used to illustrate lessons for school children about space flight.

The return flight from the station took about five hours. After the capsule re-entered Earth’s atmosphere, its three main parachutes billowed open about five minutes before splashdown. The orange-andwhite-striped parachutes, each 116 feet in diameter, slowed the craft’s descent to 16 to 18 feet per second.

“Sad to see the Dragon go,” astronaut Thomas Marshburn told Mission Control.

“Performed her job beautifully. Heading back to her lair. Wish her all the best for the splashdown today.”

The science samples were meticulously collected over the weeks and months by space station astronauts, as well as experiments that flew up with Dragon. These including hundreds of flowering weeds.

Mouse stem cells stayed behind on the space station, at the request of the Japanese researchers.

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Dragon rests on the recovery boat after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.

ATK tests new CASTOR 30XL upper stage solid rocket motor

ATK successfully tested its newly developed CASTOR® 30XL upper stage solid rocket motor March 27 at the U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex in Tennessee.

The test was the final qualification for the ATK commercial motor, which was jointly developed by ATK and Orbital Sciences Corporation in just 20 months from concept to completion. The CASTOR 30XL is designed to ignite at altitudes in excess of 100,000 feet. In order to accurately test the motor performance, the static fire was conducted at AEDC using a vacuum chamber specially designed to simulate upper atmospheric conditions. Initial data indicate the motor performed as designed, and ATK will now analyze the results against its performance models.

“I am very pleased with our successful CASTOR 30XL test,” said Scott Lehr, ATK vice president and general manager of Defense and Commercial Systems. “In less than two years, the ATK/Orbital team designed and built the motor that was fired today. We look forward to seeing this stage become part of the Antares launch vehicle, supporting ISS cargo resupply missions for NASA.” The motor is intended for use by Orbital as an enhanced second stage of the Antares’ launch vehicle. Antares is slated to perform commercial cargo re-supply missions to the International Space

Station for NASA, to be demonstrated under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program for later delivery missions to the ISS under the Commercial Resupply Services contract.

The CASTOR 30XL solid rocket motor is 92 inches in diameter, 236 inches in length and weighs approximately 58,000 pounds. The nozzle is eight feet long with a submerged design with a high-performance expansion ratio (56:1) and a dual density exit cone well-suited for high altitude operation.The CASTOR 30XL is a high-performing upper stage motor in ATK’s commercial product line of solid rocket motors. The company’s flight-proven rocket motors are utilized for military and commercial customer missions.

A basic version of the CASTOR 30 motor was tested at AEDC in December 2009 and will fly the initial Antares missions. The CASTOR 30XL is an upgraded version that will fly later operational missions requiring greater payload capacity.

The CASTOR 30XL motor was tested at AEDC due to their unique capability of being able to simulate second stage flight conditions. The Air Force base has 27 test units with capabilities that are unique in the United States and 14 that are unique world-wide.

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NASA Dryden’s G-III test bed begins initial ACTE baseline flights NASA Dryden’s Gulfstream G-III aerodynamics research test bed aircraft, tail # 804, has returned to the air in a new phase of baseline flights in preparation for the Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge, or ACTE, project.

The aircraft continues to be under modification to support ACTE, a joint effort between NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.

The primary objective of the Phase 0B flight series is to give the test pilots experience with G-III handling qualities with the flight spoilers disabled prior to actual ACTE flights.

The flights will also gather data from onboard instrumentation that will be used to establish a baseline for engineers to compare with data acquired after the ACTE flap is installed. In addition, newly installed state of the art instrumentation such as a laser-based

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fiber optic shape sensing system, a “hot film” anemometer system and a wing deflection measurement system will be characterized.

In the ACTE project, both of the G-III’s conventional 19-foot-long aluminum flaps will be replaced with advanced, shape-changing flaps designed by FlexSys, Inc., that form continuous bendable surfaces made of composite materials.

When conventional flaps are moved, gaps exist between the forward edge and sides of the flaps and the wing surface. The ACTE flap will be gapless, forming a seamless transition region with the wing while remaining attached at the forward and side. The improved flap should reduce drag friction and eliminate a major source of airframe noise generation.

If successful, this experiment will

further technology to enable aircraft to be lighter weight, more fuel-efficient during cruise and significantly quieter during takeoff, approach and landing.

Work with the aircraft is funded through NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate as part of the Environmentally Responsible Aviation, or ERA, project under the agency’s Integrated Systems Research Program.

Work with NASA Dryden’s G-III Aeronautical Research Test Bed is funded in part by NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate as part of the Environmentally Responsible Aviation, or ERA, project under the agency’s Integrated Systems Research Program. Additional funding for aircraft acquisition and the ACTE project is provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory.

NASA photograph by Tony Landis

Wheels Up – NASA Dryden’s modified G-III Aeronautics Test Bed retracts its landing gear after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base on a prior checkout flight.

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People & Places Edwards Civ Mil Group Spring Mixer attracts good crowd

by Raphael Jaffe staff writer About 96 people attended the Edwards Air Force Base Support Group Spring Mixer March 28 and the breakdown was about 50-50 between Air Force officers and group members.

Amongst the Air Force officers in attendance were Brig. Gen Arnold Bunch, commander of the Air Force Test Center; and Brig Gen Michael Brewer, commander of the 412th Test Wing. Since the Air Force Material Command reorganization, the Air Force Test Center is responsible for Edwards, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and the Arnold Air Development Center, in Tennessee.

The mixer was held at the lobby and patio of Bldg. 3000. Many local civic leaders attended. These included Keenan Hochschild representing U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy; Gale Knight representing California Sen. Steve Knight; Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner; Palmdale City Manager David Childs; and California City Manager Tom Weil.

Other Air Force attendees included: Dr. Davy Belk, AFTC executive director; Col. Daniel Daetz, 412th Test Wing Vice Commander; Col. Amy Arwood, 412th TW chief of staff; Col. Robert Hoff, 412th TW Mission Support Group; Col. Kevin Muckheide 412th TW Electronic Warfare Group; Col. Robby Weaver 412th TW Maintenance;

Lt. Col. Matthew Fritz, 412 Flight Test Squadron; and Col. Lawrence Hoffman, Commander of USAF Test Pilot School.

Other Air Force attendees included: Col. G. Arthur McGettrick, commander of Detachment 5, AFOTEC; and Col. Glenn Graham, Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale. Edwards enlisted troops were represented by Chief Master Sgt. Chris McCollor, AFTC; and Chief Master Sgt. Brian Randolph, 412th TW. Brewer gave a short informal talk.

He said the successful operation of the 412th Test Wing is based on four cooperating groups: the military; civil service employees; contractor personnel; and community support of other three. The Edwards Civ-Mil Support Group showcases the outstanding cooperation of the community. He also said, “we will get through this budget tightening.”

Danny Bazzell, President of Civ-Mil briefly reviewed highlights of past CivMil service projects for Edwards and its staff: • Higher Grounds is an Internet cafe located at Bldg. 2423 enlisted dorm. It was set up in July 2007 with the donation of $50,000 worth of computers and displays. It provides a non-alcoholic recreation space for the airmen; and now includes game consoles.

• When Airman’s Attic expanded into an 8,000 square-foot facility, CivMil supplied the carpeting, including

special carpeting for the children’s play area. The group also installed partitions. The cost was $18,000. It has been called the finest Airman’s Attic of any Air Force installation.

• To support deployed airmen, CivMil provides “goodie bags.” These include snacks, chewing gum, toiletry articles, books, games, prepaid post cards to send greetings back home, pens, pencils, and a host of other items not easily available through channels.

Since 2002, more than 3,000 bags have been given out.

• The Flag Park at Bldg. 1 was installed in 1991. It flies the flags of all 48 states and the U.S. possessions. The flags were just replaced and there are three sets of replacements on hand for when needed.

Contributions to the Civ-Mil Edwards AFB projects are held in a separate fund, while operational Civ-Mil funds are in a separate account. During the past year, Northrop Grumman generously has donated $5,000 to Civ-Mil for its Edwards activities. Lockheed Martin has made a similar generous donation of $4,000. Those donations were acknowledged by Bazzell.

The 412th Test Wing recently inducted honorary commanders. These civic leaders from surrounding communities provide Edwards’ commanders with the capability to develop, promote and maintain a continuous working

partnership with the surrounding communities. The program was originated

by Civ-Mil several years ago. Several of the new honorary commanders attended. Most of the Civ-Mil directors were present, in addition to many

members.

The Spring Mixer was arranged by Civ-Mil Secretary Julie Swayze and her committee of Michelle Slade, Pam Russell, founder Aida O’Connor and John Fergione.

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Awards in appreciation of support for the Civ-Mil Edwards improvement projects were presented to Lockheed Martin, Terri Garcia [left] Community Relations; and to Northrop Grumman, Michelle Webb and Mick Jaggers, Corporate Citizenship Officers.

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Aviation photographer talks to Bakersfield Navy League

by Rebecca Amber staff writer The Bakersfield Council Navy League gathered for their first quarter dinner meeting of 2013 at the American Legion Post 26.

The group, which included several World War II Navy veterans, welcomed a special guest for the evening. Aviation photographer and Mojave Transportation Museum Board Member Alan Radecki gave a slide-show presentation about his experience aboard the USS Harry S. Truman.

Radecki spent two weeks at sea collecting a series of images documenting life on an aircraft carrier. Some of the images detailed daily tasks such as FOD checks, takeoffs and landings. “I was really blown away with how well that team worked together,” said Radecki.

Other images were artistic representations taken at night or during the low-light of dusk. One of the most intriguing visuals was Radecki’s use of time-lapse photography to condense several hours of F/A-18 flight operations into a one-minute video clip. According to Radecki, “It’s an amazing ballet,” watching the aircraft take-off and land one after another.

In contrast with the ballet-like choreography, was the loud thunderous

crashing of every aircraft that landed.

Radecki explained that as an aircraft approaches the landing deck, the pilot moves to full-throttle in case he misses the arresting wire. “Landing on a carrier deck is a bit like a controlled crash ... there is no gentleness involved.”

Radecki is the author of “A Mojave Scrapbook: Memories of an Unforgettable Airport.” His book is a photographic recollection of historical events that occurred at the Mojave Air and Spaceport. He has been published in Flight International and Aviation Week. He is also author of a Vintage Air blog which can be found at www. vintageairphotos.blogspot.com. To see more of Radecki’s portfolio visit www.

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by Rebecca Amber staff writer Fixed (permanent) photographs were first created in the early 1800s and, more recently, digital photography has made creating pictures much simpler.

The true art in photography, however, is not in the camera, but in the photographer.

XCOR Aerospace Photographer and Graphic Artist Mike Massee shared his impressive portfolio of aerospace and rocket photographs as the featured guest lecturer during the March 16 Plane Crazy Saturday at Mojave Air & Space Port.

The presentation was a “must see” and visitors at PCS proved this when many sat on the floor when all of the chairs were taken. Massee’s photographs visually outlined the history of XCOR going all the way back to the company’s first project, developing a good, reliable rocket engine igniter. “Looking back on it now, I don’t know where the time has gone, but it’s been amazing,” remarked Massee.

During the test firing of the engines, Massee was tasked with capturing the shock diamond patterns produced when the supersonic gases eject from the engine into the atmosphere. As the engines Massee photographed grew in size and thrust, so did the shock diamonds. While the shock diamonds themselves produce photogenic hues, Massee noted that “the engines themselves end up being very beautiful.”

In addition to being visually pleasing, Massee described how the liquid oxygen and alcohol used to power the engines are environmentally friendly and safe to use. The

Photographs by Rebecca Amber

Mike Massee’s presentation was a “must see” and visitors at PCS proved this when many sat on the floor when all of the chairs were taken.

photographs reveal that the crews working around chemicals do not need a hazmat suits, only gloves, face shields and clothing made of all-natural fibers.

Massee’s next set of photographs told the story of the XCOR EZ Rocket and Rocket Racer. There were artistic photographs of the aircraft, trips to Oshkosh and pictures of the men and women and that chose to fly showing off their “rocket grins.” He even included a 3D rendering of the XCOR’s new Lynx,

Events April 2013

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encouraging the audience to “stayed tuned” for news about XCOR’s latest developments.

In addition to being a Media and Imaging Specialist for XCOR Aerospace, Massee creates fine art photography, landscapes and more. He has a special interest in locomotives and other railroad photography. To see more of Massee’s work visit www.mikemassee.com.

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XCOR Aerospace Media and Imaging Specialist Mike Massee was the featured speaker at Plane Crazy Saturday.

to the public. The event is sponsored by a non-profit organization, the Mojave Transportation Museum, as a family-friendly event.

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