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X-48 completes flight research for cleaner, quieter aircraft NASA’s remotely piloted X-48C hybrid-wingbody subscale aircraft, which demonstrates technology concepts for cleaner and quieter commercial air travel, completed an eight-month flight research campaign April 9.

The C model of the X-48 aircraft flew its first flight at Edwards Aug. 7 and its 30th flight brought the productive research project to a close.

“We have accomplished our goals of establishing a ground-to-flight database, and proving the low speed controllability of the concept throughout the flight envelope,” said Fay Collier, manager of NASA’s Environmentally Responsible Aviation project. “Very quiet and efficient, the hybrid wing body has shown promise for meeting all of NASA’s environmental goals for future aircraft designs.”

The scale-model aircraft, shaped like a manta ray, was designed by Boeing, built by Cranfield Aerospace Limited of the United Kingdom, and flown in partnership with NASA. The X-48C is a version of NASA’s X-48B blended wing body aircraft modified to evaluate the low-speed stability and control of a low-noise version of a notional hybrid-wing-body design. This design features a flattened fuselage with no tail, and engines mounted on top of the fuselage at the rear of the plane. The design stems from concept studies for commercial aircraft that could be flying within 20 years. The studies are under way in NASA’s Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project.

“Our team has done what we do best: flight-test a unique aircraft and repeatedly collect data that will be used to design future ‘green’ airliners,” said Heather Maliska, X-48C project manager at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in California. “It is bittersweet to see the program come to an end, but we are proud of the safe and extremely successful joint Boeing and NASA flight test program that we have conducted.”

The X-48C retained most dimensions of the B model, with a wingspan slightly longer than 20 feet and a weight of about 500 pounds. Primary

NASA photograph by Carla Thomas

Earth and sky meet as the X-48C Hybrid Wing Body aircraft flies over Edwards Air Force Base on Feb. 28, 2013, from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Calif. The long boom protruding from between the tails is part of the aircraft’s parachute-deployment flight termination system.

changes to the X-48C model from the B model, which flew 92 flights at Dryden between 2007 and 2010, were geared to transforming it to an airframe

noise-shielding configuration. External modifications included relocating the wingtip winglets inboard next to the engines, effectively turning them into twin tails. The rear deck of the aircraft was extended about two feet. Finally, the project team replaced the X-48B’s three 50-pound thrust jet engines with two 89-pound thrust engines. The aircraft had an estimated top speed of about 140 mph and a maximum altitude of 10,000 feet.

“Working closely with NASA, we have been privileged throughout X-48 flight-testing to explore and validate what we believe is a significant breakthrough in the science of flight and this has been a tremendous success for Boeing,” said Bob Liebeck, a Boeing senior technical fellow and the company’s Blended Wing Body Program manager.

“We have shown a BWB aircraft, which offers the tremendous promise of significantly greater fuel efficiency and reduced noise, can be controlled as NASA photograph by Carla Thomas

The X-48C Hybrid Wing Body research aircraft flies over the intersection of several runways adjacent to the compass rose on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base during one of the sub-scale aircraft’s final test flights on Feb. 28, 2013.

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effectively as a conventional tube-and-wing aircraft during takeoffs, landings and other low-speed segments of the flight regime.”

“Our goal was to define the low-speed envelope and explore the low-speed handling qualities of the blended wing body class of tailless aircraft, and we have accomplished that,” added Mike Kisska, Boeing X-48 project manager.

Because handling qualities of the X-48C were different from those of the X-48B, the project team modified the flight control system software, including flight control limiters to keep the airplane flying within a safe flight envelope. This enabled a stronger and safer prototype flight control system suitable for future full-scale commercial hybrid or blended wing aircraft.

NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate and Boeing funded the X-48 technology demonstration research effort, which supported NASA’s goals of reduced fuel burn, emissions, and noise. The Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, also was a member of the project team.

Boeing and NASA will continue to develop Blended Wing Body technology, with the aspiration of developing a larger-scale, transonic BWB demonstrator in the future.

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U.S. fighter crashes in Gulf; crew rescued The U.S. Navy says a fighter jet has crashed into the Persian Gulf near the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, but both crew members were rescued safely by divers.

The Navy cited engine failure on the F/A-18F Super Hornet as the reason for the April 8 crash.

An investigation is underway.

The Virginia-based Eisenhower is on a scheduled deployment in the Gulf region under the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, which is based in Bahrain.

The U.S. has expanded naval maneuvers and drone surveillance in the region to counter growing Iranian military activity. AP At least 2,070 US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001 As of April 17, 2013, at least 2,070 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 1,716 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, 18,418 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department. AP China criticizes increase in U.S. forces in Asia China’s military says the U.S. is destabilizing the Asia-Pacific region by sending more forces to the area and boosting its alliances with regional partners.

Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun told reporters at a news conference April 16 that such steps run counter to regional political trends and damage peace and stability. Yang said countries involved should focus instead on increasing trust among regional players.

China’s armed forces have consistently criticized Washington’s deployment of additional ships and men to Asia, along with moves to increase cooperation both with treaty partners, including Japan and the Philippines, and other countries such as Vietnam.

The redeployments come as the U.S. winds down fighting in Afghanistan. Beijing sees them as directed at containing China’s diplomatic, military, and economic rise. AP Western cuts bring down global military spending in 2012, but outlays surge in Russia, China A Swedish-based arms watchdog says world military spending dipped last year for the first time since 1998.

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute says the world spent $1.75 trillion on its armed forces in 2012, down 0.5 percent from the year before.

SIPRI says military outlays dropped in the austerity-ridden West but rose in Russia, China and other emerging economies, highlighting “what may be the beginning of a shift in the balance of world military spending.”

Still, SIPRI’s report April 15 showed the U.S. remains way ahead of all other countries, accounting for 39 percent of global military spending in 2012. AP Alaska-based soldier gets 16 years in spy case An Alaska-based military policeman will serve

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16 years in prison and will be dishonorably discharged for selling military secrets to an undercover FBI agent posing as a Russian spy.

Spec. William Colton Millay of Owensboro, Ky., was sentenced April 15. A panel of eight military members recommended a 19-year sentence but that was dropped to 16 years because of a pretrial agreement.

Military prosecutors painted Millay as a white supremacist who was fed up with the Army and the United States, and was willing to sell secrets to an enemy agent, even if that would cost his fellow soldiers their lives.

Defense attorneys said Millay is emotionally stunted, was only seeking attention and is a candidate for rehabilitation. AP Airbus expanding its Wichita, Kansas, plant, workforce Airbus Americas Engineering says it is planning to expand into a third space in downtown Wichita, Kansas.

The company announced April 15 it has already hired more people than had been expected after its last expansion. The firm’s vice president of engineering, John O’Leary, says it has hired 150 people, more than the 100 it had planned to hire when it expanded in 2012.

The company now employs about 400 people in Wichita.

The new building is adjacent to the company’s current facility. It will give the company 10,000 square feet to provide more space for current operations and allow for future growth. AP German court sees merit in case brought

by Afghan airstrike victims, asks for video evidence A German court says a case brought by relatives of Afghans killed in a 2009 NATO airstrike ordered by German forces has merit, and it now plans to proceed with a review of evidence.

The Bonn regional court says it wants to see video material recorded by the American fighter jets ordered by a German colonel to bomb two stolen fuel tankers in the Afghan region of Kunduz.

The airstrike killed 91 Afghans and injured 11, most of them civilians, causing a political furor and the resignation of several senior officials in Germany.

The Bonn court said April 17 that the two plaintiffs might be entitled to compensation if the German colonel is shown to have failed to protect civilians as required by the Geneva Conventions. AP Nearly two-thirds of slots in veterans jobtraining program still unfilled Federal auditors say a job-training program designed to help veterans re-enter the workforce has more than 60,000 empty slots, left unfilled despite efforts to reduce the jobless rate among veterans.

The program is geared toward unemployed veterans between the ages of 35 and 60. It covers up to one year of tuition for training in high-demand jobs at local community or technical colleges.

In all, Congress allowed for up to 99,000 participants, and the inspector general for the Department of Veterans Affairs found that only about a third of the slots were being used. The program is just one of a range of education benefits for veterans. Most of those returning from Iraq and Afghanistan qualify for one of the others, so they’re not eligible for this particular program. AP China’s president visits key southern naval base Chinese President Xi Jinping has visited a key naval base in an island province in the disputed South China Sea in his latest move advertising his close ties to the military.

Xi reviewed vessels and troops April 11 before boarding an ultra-modern amphibious ship

and submarine. Dressed in military-style shirt and pants, he chatted with sailors, officers and fliers and dined on board the vessel.

The visit to Sanya in the island province of Hainan was Xi’s first to a military installation since assuming the presidency last month, along with the leadership of the government commission overseeing the 2.3 million-member People’s Liberation Army.

China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea overlap with Vietnam, the Philippines and others. AP No Blue Angels, no air show at Ventura County base No angels, no air show.

A day after the U.S. Navy canceled the remainder of the elite Blue Angels demonstration team’s 2013 season, Naval Base Ventura County announced that it will not hold the 44th annual presentation of its popular air show in September.

Base commander Capt. Larry Vasquez said in a statement April 10 that events like the air show can only be held if there is no cost to the federal government, and without the crowds brought out by the Blue Angels, that won’t be possible.

Federal budget cuts have already forced the cancelation of many of the base’s public events, including the Mud Run, the Admiral’s Cup Triathlon and the Point Mugu Surf Contest.

The Blue Angels also had scheduled appearances in San Diego and San Francisco. AP S.C. Senate approves $120 million in incentives for Boeing State incentives for Boeing’s expansion plans in North Charleston, S.C., are clearly ready for takeoff.

The Senate voted 37-6 vote April 10 to approve $120 million for upfront expansion costs such as utilities and site preparation.

Approval of the bill borrowing the money comes a day after Boeing announced it’s investing another $1 billion and creating 2,000 new jobs over eight years. The manufacturing complex in North Charleston currently employs about 6,000.

The bonding bill requires another vote in the Senate before heading to the House. The same bill was introduced April 9 on the House side.

Critics included Republican Sen. Kevin Bryant, who argued against further government borrowing, and Sen. Tom Davis, who has long fought government incentive packages for businesses. AP France’s Lagardere sells entire stake in aerospace, defense company EADS French media company Lagardere says it has sold its entire 7.4 percent stake in European aerospace and defense giant EADS. EADS, the parent to plane maker Airbus, said it bought some of the shares sold, adding 1.61 percent to its holdings of its own stock.

Lagardere had previously said that a “substantial portion” of the proceeds of the sale will be distributed to shareholders. April 9, it said the shares sold for about 2.3 billion euros ($2.9 billion).

The opportunity to sell the stake came last year when France and Germany agreed to shake up EADS’ shareholding structure to reduce government influence. AP Oshkosh to lay off 900 as military vehicle orders decline Defense contractor Oshkosh Corp. plans to lay off 900 people this summer as military vehicle orders decline.

The Oshkosh, Wisc.,-based company says it will begin laying off 700 hourly employees in mid-June, with 200 salaried employees to be laid off by the end of July.

Company leaders say production is declining as the military continues to wind down from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Oshkosh executive vice president and president of defense John Urias says while other business

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Budget request provides for best Air Force possible

by SFC Tyrone C. Marshall Jr. American Forces Press Service The Air Force’s $114.1 billion fiscal 2014 budget request will provide for the most capable airpower arm possible, the Air Force chief of staff said April 12.

Testifying with Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley, Gen. Mark A. Welsh III told the House Armed Services Committee his service’s portion of DOD’s fiscal 2014 budget proposal will support what he believes will be a continuing demand for American airpower.

“America’s foreign policy choices reflect the conscious reliance on its Air Force to help realize success,” Welsh said. This, he said, currently involves managing the airlift requirements for a responsible drawdown in Afghanistan, addressing increasingly vocal international actors in the Asia-Pacific region, and satisfying the growing national reliance on space-based capabilities, he said.

The general said these choices are also bounded by shifting fiscal realities that will force the entire Defense Department to focus on capabilities and missions that are essential in the future.

“As an indispensable part of that

joint force, the Air Force intends to continue operating in air, space and cyber, and to prioritize those core missions that have existed since our birth as a separate service in 1947,” Welsh said.

“America’s Airmen perform these missions exceptionally well,” he added. “And in doing so, they do provide global vigilance, global reach and global power for America.”

Welsh said the fiscal 2014 budget request does not fully account for necessary recovery actions from the current budgetary turbulence, and it doesn’t fully incorporate the potential cuts for sequestration in 2014 and beyond.

The proposed budget, however, does prioritize efforts to reverse the Air Force’s declining readiness trend, he said, noting that low states of readiness negate many of the strategic advantages of airpower.

“Flying hours are allocated to maintain, and in some cases, incrementally improve readiness levels across the total force in this budget,” Welsh said. “In the past, we’ve relied on overseas contingency operations funding to partially fund those flying hour programs and to maintain our current and substandard readiness levels.”

The general said the Air Force will continue to reduce its reliance on OCO funding for the flying hour program through 2015.

“At which point,” he said, “we should have as much as 90 percent of our peacetime flying requirement back in our baseline budget.”

Additionally, Welsh said, the Air Force has restored emphasis on its training ranges, funding about 75 percent of the requirement in that area, up from recent lows of only 25 percent.

After years of trading quantity for quality, he said, the Air Force now has fewer people in aircraft than at any time since it became an independent service.

“Unfortunately, while the numbers have gone down, both the real cost of personnel and their proportion relative to the rest of the budget has increased dramatically,” Welsh said.

Meanwhile, “pay and benefits continue to rise, as have the costs of the Defense Department health care program, which has grown approximately 270 percent over the last 11 years,” he said.

Welsh said Air Force leadership supports DOD’s request to limit the military pay raise to only 1 percent in this budget proposal and to explore “meaningful” modifications in the TRICARE

health care system.

The Air Force will look to consolidate infrastructure and reduce excess capacity where allowed, he said, and supports DOD’s request for further base realignment and closure authority in fiscal 2015.

“As difficult as a BRAC would be for everyone, we can simply no longer afford to retain unnecessary overhead that diverts precious resources from readiness and modernization,” Welsh said.

Welsh said the Air Force’s portion of the proposed fiscal 2014 budget also strives to protect modernization to support current defense strategic guidance.

“The KC-46 (tanker), F-35 (Lightning II) and long-range strike bomber remain our top-three investment priorities,” he said. “We need the F-35.

It remains the best platform to address the proliferation of highly capable integrated air defenses and new air-to-air threats.”

And the long-range strike bomber “will give our nation a flexible, credible capability to strike globally with precision on limited notice should the national interest require,” Welsh added.

The KC-46 tanker is the Air Force’s highest modernization priority, he said, and it will ultimately replace a third of

the current tanker fleet. “(This) tanker fleet puts the ‘global’ in global vigilance, global reach, and global power,” Welsh said. “It provides strategic options for our nation. We simply must modernize it.”

The general also noted that four of the Air Force’s 10 largest modernization programs are space-based platforms.

“We’ll also contend to invest in our most important resource - our airmen,” Welsh said. “We’ll provide the training, education, and professional development opportunities they need to be the best in the world at what they do.

“If we can’t do that, they will find other work,” he added. “We’ll continue to do everything in our power to care for our airmen and their families, while balancing the resources required to do that, with the understanding that our primary job is to fight and win the nation’s wars.”

Welsh said it is his job to help Donley field the best fighting force possible.

“I believe our 2014 budget request moves us in that direction,” the general said. “It postures the Air Force to improve readiness, to limit force structure, and to limit force structure cost and to protect vital modernization.”

Air Force 2014 budget includes more F 35s and Global Hawks

by Raphael Jaffe staff writer The budget presented by the Department of Defense April 10 calls for reducing expenditures by $150 billion over the next decade. Another round of Base Realignment and Closures would be started in 2015, with base closures starting in 2016.

Research, development and test engineering for the Air Force would increase slightly to $17.6 billion in fiscal year 2014. An additional 29 F-35 aircraft will be procured.

Northrop Grumann builds the center fuselages at Plant 42 in Palmdale., Calif., Lockheed Martin assembles the aircraft at its Fort Worth, Texas, facility, and the 412th Test Wing at Edwards

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Air Force Base, Calif., does the initial flight tests for this Joint Strike Force aircraft.

The Global Hawk unmanned aircraft is assembled by Northrop at Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, Calif., and the budget funds continued operations of both Block 30 and Block 40 aircraft. This is a change from earlier speculation that Block 40 would be postponed in favor of increasing reliance on the manned U-2 reconnaissance aircraft.

Prior to the release of the president’s fiscal 2014 budget request, much concern had been made about sequestration and its effects on military operations worldwide.

Brig. Gen Michael T. Brewer, 412th Test Wing commander, released a statement April 1 addressing some of those concerns.

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“Team Edwards faces a challenging period of time because of sequestration,” Brewer said. “We may need to make choices to stay within budgetary imposed constraints to include reducing the tempo of flight test by reducing the number of days we fly per week or by reducing the number of sorties flown each day.

“We will prioritize how we allocate resources among our varied test programs,” he continued. “Today, the F-35 is our most important test program. So naturally, it has priority in the allocation of resources. As an example, if there is only one tanker to allocate to a test program, it will support the F-35 first. We feel that this measured response allows us to meet sequestration challenges while still providing world class support to our customer, the war fighter.”

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BRIEFS, from 2 segments of Oshkosh and many U.S. companies were enduring layoffs during the recession, Oshkosh Defense was hiring employees. But Urias says circumstances have now changed. AP Hard labor for Lackland AFB convicts: cleaning kennels For five basic training instructors convicted in an Air Force sex scandal, their sentences of “hard labor” involve cleaning the base’s dog kennels.

That’s a far cry from the perception some have of hard labor as breaking rocks with sledgehammers. But an official at Joint Air Force Base-Lackland tells the San Antonio Express-News that hard labor is designed not just to punish, but to serve the base.

Nine former Lackland instructors have been convicted in an investigation of claims that instructors pressured female trainees to have sex. Their sentences have ranged from prison to hard labor.

There are few specifics on what hard labor can mean, but soldiers at different times have been required to pick up trash, pull weeds and clean. AP U.S. Navy clears sailors in deadly Dubai shooting The U.S. Navy says sailors aboard an American support vessel acted within appropriate rules of engagement last year when they fired on a small boat approaching at high speed off Dubai, killing one fisherman and wounding three others.

The July 2012 incident initially brought conflicting accounts about measures taken by the USNS Rappahannock to warn the crew aboard the 50-foot fishing boat.

But a Navy report made public April 8 said warning shots and other steps were taken as the skiff approached the U.S. refueling ship.

The Navy says the smaller vessel was deemed a threat and “use of force was appropriate.”

U.S. officials have expressed regret over the shooting, compensated the family of the Indian fisherman killed and given assistance to his three countrymen who were wounded. AP Air Force: Series of errors led to Reaper crash in Nevada Air Force officials say a series of errors led to the crash of an unmanned drone aircraft in December in a remote area north of Las Vegas, Nev.

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A report released April 9 says the pilot didn’t properly execute a preflight checklist before taking control of the drone, which stalled and crashed Dec. 5 west of Hiko in Lincoln County.

Nobody was injured in the crash, but the loss of the drone and the artillery on board was estimated at $9.6 million.

Nellis Air Force Base officials say the MQ-9 Reaper aircraft was being used in an Air Force weapons school combat training mission. It was assigned to the 57th Wing at the base.

Officials at Nellis said it wasn’t immediately clear Tuesday morning whether anyone has been disciplined for the mishap. AP VA withdrawing as prime sponsor of Phoenix parade The federal Department of Veterans Affairs’ health care system in Phoenix, Ariz., no longer plans to be a prime sponsor providing support for the Veterans Day parade in Phoenix.

According to the Arizona Republic, VA spokesman Paul Coupaud says the decision stems from liability concerns and manpower issues.

Coupaud cites a multi-fatality accident involving a veterans parade in Texas and a need to focus s on delivering health care.

Katherine Brooks of Honoring Arizona’s Veterans says the decision is surprising and a blow to efforts to successfully stage the parade. The nonprofit runs the parade.

Former Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley says some may consider the decision as retaliation against a VA employee who coordinated the parade.

Coupawd says Paula Pedene’s situation has nothing to do with it. AP Audit sparks concern over NASA center in Ohio A NASA inspector general’s audit says five NASA testing facilities in Ohio are under-used and potentially expendable.

That has some northern Ohio officials worried about the future of the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and its Sandusky annex that include testing facilities.

The Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland reports that the five facilities are among at least 33 NASA technical sites nationwide that the recent inspector general’s report labeled as outdated, redundant or lacking a clear future purpose.

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NASA Glenn employs more than 3,300 workers and contractors in northern Ohio. AP Rocket rolled out at NASA’s Virginia flight facility A rocket headed to the International Space Station from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore is one step closer to its inaugural flight.

Space technology company Orbital Sciences rolled out the first fully integrated Antares rocket to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad early April 6.

The Dulles, Va.-based company is getting ready for flight demonstrations of its Antares medium-class launch vehicle and Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft as part of a 1.9 billion NASA contract to deliver essential cargo to the International Space Station. NASA says the launch window for the test flight is between April 17 and 19.

In February, Orbital Sciences conducted a 29-second “hot fire” test of the rocket engine to demonstrate the readiness of the rocket’s first stage and launch pad fueling systems. AP VA says 7,000 veterans’ identities may be compromised Thousands of South Carolina veterans are being warned their personal information might have been compromised after a laptop went missing from the William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia, S.C. The VA says it is notifying more than 7,000 veterans that they should sign up for identity theft protection and offering them a year of free credit monitoring.

The laptop was discovered missing two months ago from a locked testing lab at Dorn’s respiratory testing department. It hasn’t been recovered, and officials say the information on it, like patients’ names, dates of birth and test results, wasn’t encrypted.

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Dryden 2014 budget supports stable operations

by Raphael Jaffe staff writer The 2014 federal budget plans were released April 10, and NASA is slated for $17.7 billion, a decrease of less than 1 percent.

NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, Calif., is budgeted at $261.9 million, an increase of about 3 percent.

Congress has to authorize these fiscal year 2014 figures in the coming months. The comparisons are to fiscal 2012 totals, as this year’s expenditures are still uncertain, as the funding is via a continuing resolution and because of sequestration.

The center will be operating with stable funding and a stable set of objectives, when the budget is authorized and appropriated, said Director David McBride. He feels that “NASA gets a better bang for the buck here than at some other centers.” Dryden is one of the smallest centers, and is involved in many high priority NASA programs.

Dryden’s budget is organized to correspond to the major directorates at NASA headquarters. The largest segment is Science at $72 million, which is an increase of $1.1 million. The next largest is Aeronautical Research at $61 million, a decrease of $5.4 million.

The Space Technology sector is budgeted at $25 million, for an increase of $6.5 million. Exploration Systems are at $5.6 million, an increase of $1.8 million. Education support is down to $800,000.

The center’s operation costs are put at $65 million. The final line item is Construction and Environmental Compliance Restoration at $32 million. This is up by about $10 million.

but there will be less academic outreach. The cooperative project on the X 48-C blended wing-body aircraft is presently being completed, and is not affected by the reduced funding level.

Space Technology Dryden is the lead center for the Flight Opportunities Research program. It matches suborbital flight capability of commercial firms with researcher’s needs for low gravity research.

Several Mojave firms such as Masten Space Systems, XCOR Aerospace and Virgin Galactic offer such flights; along with Armadillo Aerospace and UP Aerospace. Masten has made several flights to support Draper Labs new Genie guidance system. The increased funding is in line with the NASA-wide funding increase for this category.

Exploration Systems The increased funding for Exploration Systems will provide for

Dryden testing of the Orion multipurpose crew vehicle. Dryden performed testing of the Orion capsule escape system several years ago.

Education The agency budget in support of educational projects has been drastically reduced.

This reflects the federal realignment of such activities under the Department of Education, the National Science Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution. There are currently about 260 projects to support science, technology, engineering and math education [STEM] which are being consolidated into about 120.

Construction, Environmental Compliance Restoration The increase in CECR funds will accomplish several projects. Unneeded facilities used for space shuttle activities will be demolished.

These include the Mate/Demate Facility and several temporary buildings. McBride observed that it is cheaper to remove these than to continually assure that they are safe.

The Research Aircraft Facility will be upgraded. Some water and sewer lines, which date back to the 1950s, will be redone.

Science Science programs include the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy, Earth Science observations from aircraft, with an emphasis on climate change, and continued development of sensing instrumentation, and Venture Class missions for Earth Science. SOFIA is transitioning from development to pure science missions.

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Aeronautical Research NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) flies with the sliding door over its The lower funding level should not affect Dryden’s work on in- telescope cavity fully open. troducing Unmanned Aerial Systems into the National Air Space,

Cost Reimbursable Projects McBride noted that the present budget does not include projects for which the center costs are re-reimbursed.

One such project that will start in the near future is a glide test of the Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser.

It is based on lifting body HL-20.

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is funding the development of the vehicle as a possible cargo or crew carrier to the International Space Station.

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AeroVironment receives Army contract for Raven AeroVironment, Inc. announced April 10 it has received $13,800,062 of incremental funding on March 30, 2013 from the United States Army for continued performance of a contract action with a not to exceed value of $65,538,759.

The order includes RQ-11B Raven systems, new miniature gimbaled payloads and initial spares packages, and is funded from the Army’s fiscal 2012 procurement

budget. Delivery of systems, spares and payloads is scheduled for completion by July 25, 2013.

“The proven Raven small unmanned aircraft system continues to serve our soldiers reliably, wherever and whenever they require immediate airborne situational awareness,” said Roy Minson, AeroVironment senior vice president and general manager, Unmanned Aircraft Systems. “Like all our customers, the Army’s needs continue to evolve,

and we continue to deliver enhanced solutions to ensure that our troops maintain their battlefield advantage. The Mantis suite of gimbaled payloads is the latest example of a valuable capability enhancement to protect those who protect us.”

The RQ-11B Raven unmanned aircraft system is a 4.5-pound, backpackable, hand-launched sensor platform that provides day and night, real-time video imagery wirelessly to a portable ground

control station for “over the hill” and “around the corner” reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition in support of tactical units. U.S. armed forces use Raven systems extensively for missions such as base security, route reconnaissance, mission planning and force protection. Each Raven system typically consists of three aircraft, two ground control stations and spares.

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Airbus breaks ground on south Alabama plant Airbus broke ground on its first U.S. airplane assembly plant April 8 with a ceremony marking the start of a project that could help transform Alabama’s coast into an aerospace center.

Top company executives and state leaders were in the port city for the event, held at the Airbus site at Brookley Aeroplex. A jetliner parked behind the stage provided a backdrop for the occasion.

Mobile Mayor Sam Jones recounted how it took seven years to bring aircraft manufacturing to the Alabama coast after a series of starts and stops.

“Our future and Airbus’ future are tied together,

and we’re extremely proud of that,” said Jones.

Gov. Robert Bentley said the start of work marked a “great day for Alabama.”

The $600 million factory is expected to employ 1,000 people once production of the Airbus A320 jet begins around 2015.

Keivan Deravi, an economist with Auburn University Montgomery, compared Airbus’ decision to locate in Alabama to the decision by MercedesBenz in 1993 to construct its first U.S. assembly plant went of Birmingham in Tuscaloosa County.

The Mercedes decision “made Alabama a global

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The ceremonial groundbreaking for Airbus’ U.S. A320 Family final assembly line – which occurred April 8, 2013, in Mobile, Ala. – was marked by Airbus President and CEO Fabrice Brégier (fourth from right) and EADS CEO Tom Enders (sixth from right), along with state and national dignitaries, industry leaders and members of the local community.

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Airbus’ first U.S.-based production facility – which will build A320 Family jetliners at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile, Ala., beginning in 2015 – will produce between 40 and 50 aircraft annually by 2018.

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powerhouse in the automobile industry,” and Airbus could do the same for aerospace, he said.

The ceremony came as the state’s first major Airbus supplier, Safran Engineering Services, opened its new office in Mobile. The company plans to employ about 50 people at an engineering support facility.

The Mobile factory will join Airbus assembly plants in France, Germany and China.

Airbus parent European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. had planned to build a new Air Force refueling tanker in Alabama, but Boeing won the contract in 2011. Airbus announced last year it would construct a jetliner assembly line near

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downtown Mobile.

Local leaders hope the Airbus plant, being built at the 1,650-acre Brookley industrial park, will make Alabama the heart of aerospace work along the northern Gulf Coast.

“Brookley is situated right in the center of the Gulf Coast aerospace corridor, and the Airbus facility sets us up to be the nucleus of that corridor,” said Bill Sisson, executive director of the Mobile Airport Authority.

North Alabama already has a strong aerospace industry with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville and a Delta rocket factory operated

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Northrop Grumman employees, teams honored Northrop Grumman employees and project teams were recognized by The Engineers’ Council for their significant engineering contributions during the organization’s 58th annual honors and awards banquet Feb. 23, one of the largest celebrations of National Engineers Week in the nation.

Based in California’s San Fernando Valley, The Engineers’ Council is an independent, nonprofit group dedicated to advancing the art and science of engineering.

This year, the organization honored Allen A. Arata of Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems with the Jack Northrop Spirit of Aviation Award.

Based in the company’s flight-analysis department in El Segundo, Calif., Arata received the award for his aerodynamic design work, which the organization noted has greatly affected all aspects of aerodynamic design for present and future manned and unmanned military aircraft, especially flying-wing designs such as the B-2 Stealth Bomber. The award commemorates the vision, perseverance and engineering prowess reminiscent of aviation pioneer Jack Northrop, whose achievements and techniques broke the barriers of traditional aircraft design. The Engineers’ Council bestows this award in honor of individual technical contributions that inspire innovation and advance the progress of the industry.

“Given Jack Northrop’s pioneering of the flying-wing concept, it’s most appropriate that our own Allen Arata has received the Jack Northrop

Spirit of Aviation Award,” said Peggy Nelson, vice president of engineering and global product development for Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. “Throughout Allen’s 37-year tenure with our company, he has proven to be influential in aircraft design, and this honor justly rewards his hard work.”

“Engineers should be celebrated every single day for the imagination and talent that they bring to inventing, designing and building things that improve lives,” said Gorik Hossepian, vice president of Northrop Grumman’s Navigation and Positioning Systems business unit. “Our exemplary employees who were honored by The Engineers’ Council represent some of the best and brightest minds at Northrop Grumman.”

The Engineers’ Council also honored Northrop Grumman employees with awards for engineering achievements.

The Outstanding Engineering Achievement Merit Award was presented to: • Michael Bulatowicz for innovation, dedication and outstanding achievements in furthering the development of inertial instruments and sensors; • Aaron K. Oki for revolutionary engineering efforts in the field of Gallium-Nitride microelectronics component development; and • Matthew Spencer for outstanding contributions in the design, development, analysis and testing of inertial navigation sensors and systems.

Employees receiving Distinguished Engi-

neering Achievement Awards included: • Michael Denice for distinguished engineering leadership and innovation in the mechanical design, analysis and test of inertial sensors and systems, resulting in superior navigation system performance in demanding environments; • Richard Savoie for distinguished engineering leadership and mentorship in the field of electromagnetic interference and control design, testing and analysis; and • Ragini Saxena for a distinguished career leading multi-disciplinary electrical, mechanical, reliability, safety and test engineering teams and for being an inspirational mentor to students, interns and young engineers.

Several Northrop Grumman-led teams were also honored with Distinguished Engineering

“Given Jack Northrop’s pioneering of the flying-wing concept, it’s most appropriate that our own Allen Arata has received the Jack Northrop Spirit of Aviation Award,” said Peggy Nelson, vice president of engineering and global product development for Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. “Throughout Allen’s 37-year tenure with our company, he has proven to be influential in aircraft design, and this honor justly rewards his hard work.”

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Northrop receives contract modification for Global Hawk

Northrop Grumman recently received an undefinitized contract award valued at more than $71 million for its Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system from the U.S. Air Force.

Issued by the Global Hawk Systems Program Office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, the award is an add-on to a previous Lot 10 contract for block load and production acceptance infrastructure.

“This contract modification covers a 22-month period of performance from March 2013 through the end of December 2014, bridging the current Lot 10 contract through completion.

It will provide engineering support for the production and final acceptance testing of the Lot 10 aircraft and sensors,” said George Guerra, vice president of the Global Hawk program for Northrop Grumman’s Aerospace Systems sector. “This contract will enable us to continue to provide our troops with Global Hawk’s unmatched intelligence, surveillance and reconnais-

sance (ISR) capabilities for both domestic and international missions.”

The scope of the contract includes support for program management, engineering and flight operations necessary to complete Lot 10 aircraft and sensor deliveries, which will include two Block 30 systems (air vehicles with enhanced integrated sensor suite and Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload, or ASIP, sensors), two Block 40 systems (air vehicles with Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program, or MP-RTIP, sensors), and three ASIP retrofits (sensors installed and flight tested in aircraft purchased in previous lots). Lot 10 deliveries are scheduled for completion by the end of 2014.

The Global Hawk program received the coveted Dr. James G. Roche Sustainment Excellence Award in 2012 for demonstrating the most improved performance in aircraft maintenance and logistics readiness. In fiscal year 2012, Global Hawk operated at a mission-capable rate of nearly 78 percent, exceeding the U.S. Air Force’s requirements for 19 consecutive months.

Accumulating nearly 90,000 total flight hours in support of missions throughout the world, Global Hawk can fly for more than 30 hours at an altitude over 60,000 feet. The aircraft provides decision-makers with near-real-time ISR and war fighters with unmatched communications relay capabilities.

Sikorsky Aircraft announces supplier of the year awards Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced April 5 its 2013 Supplier of the Year awards. The winners, along with Sikorsky’s 15 current Gold Suppliers, were recognized at the company’s recently held Supplier Gold Summit in Miami, Fla. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.

The winners are: • Aerostructures Supplier of the Year: Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. • Avionics Supplier of the Year: Labinal, Inc • Blades Supplier of the Year: GKN Aerospace Services Structures Corp.

• Dynamic Components Supplier of the Year: S & L Aerospace Metals, LLC. • Sikorsky Aerospace Services Supplier of the Year: Triumph Gear Systems – Macomb, Inc. • Small Business Supplier of the Year: Tyonek Manufacturing Group, Inc. In addition, Triumph Gear Systems – Macomb, Inc. was awarded the prestigious United Technologies Supplier Gold award. This award recognizes best-in-class performance in quality, delivery and customer satisfaction.

A.E. Petsche, BJG Electronics and TEK Precision Ltd. all received recertification of their Supplier Gold award; BJG received it for the third year and Petsche and TEK for the fifth year. Supplier Gold is the highest level of performance that a supplier can achieve. Petsche and TEK have maintained their Supplier Gold certification longer than any other Sikorsky suppliers.

The 15 Sikorsky Gold Suppliers are: • A.E. Petsche of Arlington, Texas, which was the first Sikorsky-sponsored Supplier Gold distributor to receive the award, in December 2008.

• Arnold-Hanafin, a team-building company specializing in temporary staffing to assist clients in handling excess or special work load. Located in Boca Raton, Fla., Arnold Hanafin achieved Gold in June 2012.

• Belcan Corp., an engineering services provider

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headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, has been at the UTC Supplier Gold level since December 2008.

• BJG Electronics, Inc., a Certified Women Owned Small Business specializing in the distribution and assembly of electro-mechanical products. Located in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., BJG has been at the UTC Supplier Gold level since September 2010.

• Cherokee Nation Distributors, a Native American owned small business located in Stillwell, Okla., achieved Gold in February 2012.

• CPI Aerostructures, a structural aircraft parts and assembly company from Edgewood, N.Y., achieved UTC Supplier Gold status in October 2010.

• Ducommun Labarge Technologies, a wiringharness manufacturer from Joplin, Mo., achieved Gold in May 2010.

• Exotic Metals from Kent, Wash., is a top sheet metal supplier that received the UTC Supplier Gold award in September 2007.

• Faison Office Products, Inc. from Aurora, Colo., is a full-service minority-owned office products supplier that received the Gold award in November 2008.

• HW Farren, a leader in industrial trucking services located in Randolph, N.J., was awarded Supplier Gold in May 2011.

• InfoTech Enterprises America, a provider of Engineering, IT, and ACE services located in Hyderabad, India, was awarded Supplier Gold in December 2008.

• Labinal, Inc. out of Denton, Texas, achieved UTC Supplier Gold in December 2010 and is currently a supplier for electrical wiring assemblies.

• TEK Precision based in Deer Park, N.Y., was the first Sikorsky-sponsored UTC Supplier Gold manufacturer, having earned that status in 2008 • TGS-Macomb, Inc. from Macomb, MICH, is Sikorsky Aircraft’s newest Gold Supplier, achieving this status in December 2012.

• Timet, a titanium plate stock distributor from

Toronto, Canada, was awarded Gold in November 2012.

Janet Duffey, vice president, Supply Management for Sikorsky, and Bob Piekarz, vice president, Quality and ACE, co-presented the awards and reiterated throughout the program how suppliers are a critical component to Sikorsky’s product life cycle. Duffey and Piekarz highlighted several suppliers who distinguished themselves in meet-

ing the high standards for delivery and quality and went above and beyond to fulfill the needs of customers over the past year.

Sikorsky acknowledges the efforts these suppliers provide to deliver high quality products in the required timeframe. These partnerships underscore that through successful collaboration, new standards can be achieved in meeting customers’ needs.

ULA honors three California-based suppliers

United Launch Alliance recently honored three California-based suppliers with a 2012 Small Business Excellence award for their support of the Atlas V and Delta IV launch vehicles.

ULA’s Atlas and Delta vehicles support a wide range of missions including the Department of Defense Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Program and NASA science missions, and are poised to launch the next generation of astronauts to the International Space Station.

Hurlen Corporation of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., was recognized for its outstanding support of providing raw materials for both the Atlas V and Delta IV launch vehicles.

Innovative Engineering Solutions Inc. of Murrieta, Calif., demonstrated excellent support to ULA and the U.S. Government programs by providing essential hardware delivery and critical testing services which proved development hardware, and then followed with qualification testing and production support.

Space Vector Corporation of Chatsworth, Calif., supported ULA in the successful design, development, qualification and production of components for the new Global Positioning System metric tracking system, which has flown successfully on three certification missions.

“ULA places a strong emphasis on the value and contribution of small business,” said Mike Jensen, ULA’s vice president of Subcontract Management and Procurement. “Just last year in 2012, we awarded more than $170 million to small businesses throughout the country. Small businesses are the engine of our nation’s economy and ULA is proud to recognize these suppliers who have demonstrated outstanding effort in 2012.”

In the state of California, ULA has 401 suppliers, more than 6,500 ULA and supplier support jobs, and contributes nearly $600 million to the state’s economy.

The EELV program was established by the United States Air Force to provide assured access to space for Department of Defense and other government payloads. The commercially developed EELV Program supports the full range of government mission requirements, while delivering on schedule and providing significant cost savings over the heritage launch systems.

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KC-46 tanker progress on track The top acquisition priority in the Air Force – acquiring a new aerial refueling capability – is proceeding “on track,” Maj. Gen. John Thompson, the program executive officer for Tankers, said.

Two years and several key milestones after the contract was awarded, a great deal of progress has been made.

The preliminary design review completed last year ensured the basic design would meet the key performance parameters required by the Air Force.

Now, the program is steaming toward the completion of the critical design review later this year setting the stage to build and fly the first KC-46A Tanker in 2015.

Initial concerns that sequestration could force a contract renegotiation appear to be allayed based on increased flexibility afforded by the recent continuing resolution.

“There is no final assessment yet, but it appears positive,” Thompson said.

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The new tanker will be fully capable of day and night operations and also be a receiver itself meaning it can be refueled in flight, which will improve loiter time — all important characteristics offering increased flexibility for mission planners.

Inside the digital glass cockpit, pilots will find complete flight and weather data on 15-inch displays. Immediately behind at the boom operator station, 24-inch displays will offer a threedimensional view just below multiple monitors that show a panoramic 185-degree field of view. Pilots will also be able to bring up refueling operations on cockpit displays.

On the near horizon, the program office is looking to award a contract for the Aircrew Training System, which includes a KC-46 simulator. In 2014, the program office, in concert with Air Mobility Command officials, will begin serious initial requirements work on the second phase, known as KC-Y, of the three-phase program to replace more of the aging tanker fleet.

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“When the final KC-46s are delivered in 2028, they will replace KC135s that are on the order of 80 years old,” Thompson said, emphasizing the criticality of meeting program milestones.

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ACC stands down units due to budget cuts Air Force officials will begin to stand down active-duty combat units starting April 9 to ensure the remaining units supporting worldwide operations can maintain sufficient readiness through the remainder of the fiscal year.

The stand down is the result of cuts to Air Combat Command’s operations and maintenance account, which must be implemented in part by flying approximately 45,000 fewer training hours between now and Oct 1.

As the Air Force’s lead for Combat Air Forces, ACC manages the flyinghour programs for four major commands. This decision to stand down or curtail operations affects about onethird of the active-duty CAF aircraft – including those assigned to fighter,

bomber, aggressor and airborne warning and control squadrons – stationed in the U.S., Europe and the Pacific.

“We must implement a tiered readiness concept where only the units preparing to deploy in support of major operations like Afghanistan are fully mission capable,” said Gen. Mike Hostage, the ACC commander. “Units will stand down on a rotating basis so our limited resources can be focused on fulfilling critical missions.”

“Historically, the Air Force has not operated under a tiered readiness construct because of the need to respond to any crisis within a matter of hours or days,” Hostage said. “The current situation means we’re accepting the risk that combat airpower may not be ready to

respond immediately to new contingencies as they occur.”

Some units currently deployed – including A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, B-1 Lancers, F-16 Fighting Falcons and F-22 Raptors – will stand down after they return from their deployments. The remaining units will stand down operations on April 9. Active-duty aircrews assigned to Air Force Reserve or Air National Guard A-10 or F-16 squadrons under an arrangement known as “active associations” will also stop flying.

The stand down will remain in effect for the remainder of fiscal 2013 barring any changes to current levels of funding.

“We’re entering uncharted territory in terms of how we’ve had to take this

year’s cuts and make adjustments to mitigate the most serious impacts,” Hostage said. “Remaining as missionready as possible for combatant commanders is our priority, and we’re prioritizing spending to ensure this imperative is met.”

Units that are stood down will shift their emphasis to ground training. They will use flight simulators to the extent possible within existing contracts, and conduct academic training to maintain basic skills and knowledge of their aircraft. As funding allows, aircrews will also complete formal ground training courses, conduct non-flying exercises and improve local flying-related programs and guidance.

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training and clear up backlogs of scheduled inspections and maintenance as possible given budget impacts in other areas, such as stock of spare parts.

Although each weapon system is unique, on average aircrews lose currency to fly combat missions within 90 to 120 days of not flying. It generally takes 60 to 90 days to conduct the training needed to return aircrews to mission-ready status, and the time and cost associated with that retraining increases the longer that crews stay on the ground.

“This will have a significant and multiyear impact on our operational readiness,” Hostage said. “But right now, there is no other acceptable way to implement these cuts.”

‘Compass Call’ing: Are you listening?

by SSgt. David Dobrydney Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Even high in the air, they have their ears close to the ground.

Linguists from the 41st Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron, are trained in the art of employing electronic attack for the purpose of denying, degrading and disrupting enemy communications from aboard the EC-130 Compass Call.

“We’re a precision electronic attack platform,” said Tech. Sgt. Dallas Allen, a cryptologic language analyst with the 41st EECS. “We can go out and ... stop (the enemy) from communicating with each other.”

When on a mission, the airmen of the Compass Call employ precision electronic attack capabilities in support of U.S. and coalition tactical air, surface and special operations forces.

“You really have to have a lot of confidence in yourself when it comes to identifying certain kinds of communications,” Allen said. “Sometimes you’ll be listening and think ‘did I just hear him say that, or did I expect him to say that?’”

The linguists’ confidence comes from the amount of practice they go through while at home station, Allen said.

“We have to spend hours in the listening lab studying our language,” he said. “We go to simulations and that’s where we’re able to hone our skills. We listen to known communications so we can practice identifying them.”

The linguist career field is relatively small and with the group of linguists who fly, even smaller.

Allen said there are probably less than 1,000.

Given the size of the career field, the linguists have shorter deployments than other airmen.

However, their time spent at home is shorter as well, Allen said.

“It’s a leapfrog effect,” he said. “We’re constantly out here.”

The missions can last anywhere from two to 15 hours, based on the need of troops on the ground.

“Some nights we might not have anything, other nights we may be extremely busy,” Allen said. “When we get feedback from (the ground troops) ... it makes you feel like we’re really coming together as a group.”

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Senior Airman Whitni Orgass works at her station aboard an EC-130 Compass Call March 23, 2013 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The 41st EECS flies nightly missions in support of troops on the ground. Orgass is an 41st Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron cryptological language analyst.

First B-2 surpasses 7,000 flight hours

by SrA. Brigitte N. Brantley Whiteman AFB, Mo. Since the first B-2 Spirit arrived at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., in July 1996, its stealthiness and massive firepower have been used in missions around the world.

During its latest mission April 1, the “Spirit of Florida” and its crew became the first B-2 to surpass 7,000 flight hours.

“This achievement is a testament to the men and women of both the 131st and 509th Bomb Wings who take a vested interest in the B-2 mission every day,” said Lt. Col. Michael Pyburn, the 131st Operations Group commander. “Milestones like this cannot be accomplished without the dedication they consistently provide around the clock.”

With a fuel capacity of 167,000 pounds and the ability to carry 40,000-pound payload, the multirole heavy bomber has a virtually limitless reach. It is the only aircraft to combine

range, precision, stealth and a large payload.

As one of only 20 B-2 stealth bombers in the world, the conventional- and nuclear-capable Spirit of Florida maintains constant readiness to defend America’s interests anytime, anywhere.

From the crew chiefs and maintainers who ready the aircraft for takeoff, to the pilots who control the Spirit of Florida — reaching the 7,000-hour mark has been an immense effort.

“We take a lot of pride in keeping our B-2s air-worthy,” said SSgt. Kent Sedgwick, the 13th Aircraft Maintenance Unit’s dedicated crew chief assigned to the Spirit of Florida.

“It feels great to work on something that has such a powerful presence. The ‘health’ of our aircraft shows just how much

time and effort our crew chiefs and maintainers put into making sure everything is taken care of so our jets can take off at any moment.”

The Spirit of Florida was also the first to reach the 5,000-hour mark, which it did in May 2007, and the first to reach the 6,000-hour mark, which it did in

January 2010, Sedgwick said.

During this flight, the B-2 was flown

by Maj. Benjamin Kaminsky and was landed by crew chief A1C Elijah Noel.

Air Force photograph by A1C Keenan Berry

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Veteran’s News

Life at vet home like ‘living in vacation resort’

by Diane Betzler staff writer

In 1960 John F. Kennedy was elected president of the United States, U-2 reconnaissance airplane pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down by a Russian surface-to-air missile over Soviet airspace, America’s baby boomers were crying out, “Make love, not war,” and although the country was not officially involved in the Vietnam War, Americans were ‘unofficially’ being sent to the Asian battlegrounds to help put out the hot spots.

The year 1960 has gone down in history for a number of historical events, but for William J. “Pete” Knight Veterans Home resident John Gonzalez the most memorable event for him that year is that “Uncle Sam” wanted him. Gonzalez was drafted into the U.S. Army and called upon to serve and protect his country.

“I was recently married and not too happy about getting drafted,” Gonzalez recalls, but said in order to avoid the draft, a man had to have children at home depending on him for support.

A California native, Gonzalez was born in 1938 in a sleepy little town called Trona. “It’s the last town before entering Death Valley,” he grins, marveling over the fact that people still live in the remote High Desert community.

After reporting for duty Gonzalez was sent to Ford Ord Army post in northern California for basic training.

He was 22 and says he wasn’t physically in shape for the demands of basic training. “I was up against a bunch of 18- and 19-year-old guys but decided if they can do it, I can do it.”

And he did; he graduated from the grueling demands of basic training and went on to clerk typist school where he participated in another eight weeks of training, this time for administrative duties.

“From there my orders were to report to Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, a proving ground for all the weapons the U.S. used,” he said.

Dugway Proving Ground is a test facility for U.S. and allied biological and chemical weapon defense systems and by the

time Gonzalez arrived on the scene, all administrative positions were filled and Gonzalez said because he had an engineering background, he was assigned to work with the survey crew.

So for the next two years Gonzalez was busy surveying roads, ditches, power lines and whatever else needed surveying. “Once the surveyor got orders to Germany I took his place.

Gonzalez said he never knew where the Army was going to send him. “When you got your orders, you just picked up and went,” he said.

Gonzalez considers himself one of the lucky war fighters; he was never called to battle. “At that time if you wanted to go to Vietnam you had to volunteer,” he said.

Although he never had to serve on the battlefields, Army life was no easy ride for Gonzalez. “You don’t get much pay in the military, I was making 90 cents an hour, so I also worked at the officer’s club as a bartender so I could send money home to my wife,” he said.

Gonzalez said between the two jobs he averaged three hours of sleep each night, “And then it was time to start the routine all over again the next day.”

He served two years in the Army and six years in the Army Reserve where he was able to hone in a trade that was to carry him through life.

After his obligations to his country were fulfilled and he became a civilian once again, Gonzalez settled first in Ridgecrest, Calif., and then Lancaster, where he worked as a draftsman.

Now that Gonzalez has embarked upon the “Golden years,” he has decided to enjoy those years at the William J. “Pete” Knight Veterans Home in Lancaster.

“I like it here, it’s like a nice small hotel without a swimming pool,” he said, but says the home offers lots of activities to make up for that.

“There’s a waiting list to get in here, they provide just about everything you need,” he said, adding, “Good food that’s well prepared. No complaints.”

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$153 billion VA budget request seeks to boost care, benefits April 10, President Barack Obama proposed a $152.7 billion Veterans Affairs Department budget for fiscal year 2014, a 10.2 percent increase over fiscal 2013 funding that will support VA’s goals to expand access to health care and other benefits, eliminate the disability claims backlog, and end homelessness among veterans, VA officials said.

The budget request includes $66.5 billion in discretionary spending, largely for health care, and $86.1 billion for mandatory programs, mostly disability compensation and pensions for veterans.

“This budget will have a positive impact on the lives of veterans, their families and survivors for generations to come,” VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki said. “The president believes in veterans and their families and believes in providing them the care and benefits they’ve earned and deserve.”

The $66.5 billion total in discretionary spending includes about $3.1 billion in collections from health insurers and veteran copayments in addition to the $63.5 billion in discretionary funding announced last week.

“VA’s commitment to veterans spans generations,” Shinseki added. “From the men and women of ‘the greatest generation’ to the veterans who have returned from Iraq and those returning from Afghanistan, VA will make sure our benefits are useful and accessible.”

VA operates the largest integrated health care system in the country, with nearly 9 million enrollees, and the eighth-largest life insurance program. The department provides monthly disability pay, pensions and survivors payments to more than 4 million people as well as education assistance to 1 million students and mortgage guarantees to 1.5 million homeowners.

VA also has the largest cemetery system in the nation.

With a medical care budget request of $54.6 billion, VA is positioned to provide care to 6.5 million

veterans in the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. The patient total includes 675,000 people whose military service began after Sept. 11, 2001. Major spending categories within the health care budget request are:

• $6.9 billion for mental health; • $4.1 billion for health care for Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn; • $2.5 billion for prosthetics; • $601 million for spinal cord injuries; • $246 million for traumatic brain injuries; • $230 million for readjustment counseling; and • $7.6 billion for long-term care.

The proposed budget would ensure that care and other benefits are available to veterans when and where they need them, VA officials said, noting that it includes: • $460 million in home telehealth funding, which helps patients monitor chronic health care problems through innovative uses of the telephone, a 4.4 percent increase over the current year; • $422 million for women-specific medical care, an increase of nearly 14 percent over the present level; • $799 million for the activation of new and enhanced health care facilities; • $16 million for the construction of three new national cemeteries; and • $8.8 million for “VetSuccess on Campus” at 84 facilities, a program that helps Veterans transition to college life.

The proposed budget provides for full implementation of VA’s Transformation Plan — a series of people, process and technology initiatives — in fiscal 2014. This plan, officials said, will systematically reduce the claims backlog and reach Shinseki’s

2015 goal of eliminating the backlog and processing all claims within 125 days with 98 percent accuracy.

Major initiatives in the budget proposal invest $291 million to bring leading-edge technology to the claims backlog, including $136 million for the Veterans Claims Intake Program and $155 million for the next generation of the electronic claims processing system, Veterans Benefits Management System.

A major strategic VA goal is to end homelessness among veterans in 2015. The budget request targets $1.4 billion for programs to prevent or reduce homelessness, including: • $300 million for Supportive Services for Veteran Families to promote housing stability; • $278 million for the Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program, known as HUD-VASH, wherein VA provides case management services for at-risk veterans and their families and HUD provides permanent housing through its Housing Choice Voucher program; and • $250 million in grant and per diem payments that support temporary housing provided by communitybased organizations.

In March, about 783,000 veterans were unemployed, a figure that includes 207,000 unemployed

post-9/11 veterans. The fiscal 2014 budget request proposes a Veterans Job Corps, focused on investing in veterans’ skills and experience, putting tens of thousands of veterans into civilian jobs. Budget features of this initiative include: • $1 billion in mandatory funds to help unemployed veterans; • A target of putting 20,000 veterans to work within the next five years in conservation, law enforcement and infrastructure jobs on public lands; • Developing back-to-work programs for veterans with other federal agencies, including the Interior and Agriculture departments, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Army Corps of Engineers; and • Supporting job-producing projects with contracts and grants with nonfederal organizations, such as states, nonprofit organizations and private businesses.

Other features of the administration’s fiscal 2014 VA budget request include $250 million to administer the VA-run system of national cemeteries, $3.7 billion for information technology, and $1.2 billion in construction, cemetery grants and extended care grants.

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Reductions won’t affect most TRICARE Prime beneficiaries

Despite upcoming service area reductions, TRICARE Prime will remain a health care option for 97 percent of the more than 5 million beneficiaries eligible for the health care plan, Military Health System officials said.

The 3 percent difference, which comprises about 171,000 beneficiaries who mostly reside more than 40 miles from a military clinic or hospital, automatically will revert to the TRICARE Standard health care option Oct. 1, officials said.

Those beneficiaries recently received a letter explaining their options, and they will receive a reminder letter in June or July.

“The first thing TRICARE beneficiaries should know about the reduction in the number of Prime service areas is that it doesn’t mean they’re losing their TRICARE benefit,” said Dr. Jonathan Woodson, the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs. “Next, it’s important to remember this change does not affect most of the more than 5 million people using TRICARE Prime, and (it affects) none of our active-duty members and their families.”

As a follow-up to the initial notification, he noted, a second letter will be mailed in early summer to make sure all affected beneficiaries have the time and information to make important decisions about their future health-care options.

The TRICARE website has the most current details at http://www.tricare.mil/PSA and gives beneficiaries the option to sign up for email updates. A ZIP code tool is available on the site to help beneficiaries determine if they live in an affected Prime service area.

As always, officials said, TRICARE beneficiaries still are covered by TRICARE Standard.

For those living within 100 miles of a remaining Prime service area, they added, re-enrolling in

Prime may be an option, depending on availability. To do this, beneficiaries must waive their drive-time standards and possibly would need to travel long distances for primary and specialty care.

“I urge all impacted beneficiaries to carefully consider their health care options — they should talk them over with family members and their current health care provider,” Woodson said.

“Many beneficiaries may be able to continue with their current provider using the Standard benefit.

Being close to your health care team usually offers the best and safest access to care.”

In TRICARE Prime, those enrolled are assigned a primary care provider who manages their health care. Retirees pay an annual enrollment fee and have low out-of-pocket costs under this plan. TRICARE Standard is an open-choice option with no monthly premiums and no need for referrals, but there are cost shares and an annual deductible.

Defense Department officials first planned to reduce the number of Prime service areas in 2007, when it requested bids for the third generation of regional health care support contracts.

The areas being eliminated are not close to exist-

ing military treatment facilities or sites affected by base realignments and closures. Prolonged protests resulted in a staggered transition, officials said, and the decision was made to keep all Prime service areas in place until all three contracts were in place. The West region completed its transition April 1.

Eliminating select Prime service areas allows TRICARE and the Defense Department to better control costs while continuing to deliver a highquality health care benefit to all 9.6 million TRICARE beneficiaries, officials said.

by Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service

vice instead of a separate medal,” Hagel said in the release.

Hagel added: “The servicemen and women who operate and support our remotely piloted aircraft, operate in cyber, and others are critical to our military’s mission of safeguarding the nation.”

The distinguishing devices will serve to recognize these service members’ achievements, he said.

The undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness will develop the award criteria in close coordination with the services and the Joint Staff, officials said.

DOD announced the creation of the Distinguished Warfare Medal Feb. 13, 2013.

“I’ve always felt – having seen the great work that they do, day-in and day-out – that those who performed in an outstanding manner should be recognized,” then-Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said during a news conference announcing the medal.

“Unfortunately,” Panetta added, “medals that they otherwise might be eligible for simply did

not recognize that kind of contribution.”

Members of veterans’ service organizations and others objected to the Distinguished Warfare Medal, officials said. The medal’s order of precedence was to be just below the Distinguished Flying Cross and just above the Bronze Star. Some commentators objected that it would rank higher than the Purple Heart - awarded to those wounded or killed in action.

“When I came into office, concerns were raised to me about the Distinguished Warfare Medal’s order of precedence by veterans’ organizations, members of Congress and other stakeholders whose views are valued by this department’s leadership,” Hagel said.

The distinguishing devices can be affixed to awards at different levels, so, once written, the criteria for the awards must reflect that, officials said. For example, the criteria for affixing a device to an Army Commendation Medal would be different than those for a Meritorious Service Medal – a higher award.

Hagel eliminates distinguished warfare medal Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has eliminated the Distinguished Warfare Medal, DOD officials announced April 15.

Instead, the military will recognize service members who directly affect combat operations without being present through distinguishing devices that will be affixed to already existing awards.

Soon after being sworn in as defense secretary Feb. 27, 2013, Hagel asked Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to lead a review of the medal.

“The Joint Chiefs of Staff, with the concurrence of the service secretaries, have recommended the creation of a new distinguishing device that can be affixed to existing medals to recognize the extraordinary actions of this small number of men and women,” Hagel said in a written release.

“I agree with the Joint Chiefs’ findings, and have directed the creation of a distinguishing de-

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Education (GI Bill): 1-888-442-4551 Health Care Benefits: 1-877-222-8387 Veterans Crisis Line: (800) 273-TALK (800-273-8255 Combat Call Center: (877) WAR-VETS (877-927-8387) Life Insurance: Service members and/or Veterans Group Life Insurance Program: 1-800-419-1473 All other VA Life Insurance Programs: 1-800-669-8477

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Space & Technology News

SpaceShipTwo passes airborne rocket motor cold flow test

NASA’s SOFIA flying observatory marks 100th flight

by Raphael Jaffe staff writer The Scaled Composites/Virgin Galactic test program at Mojave is accelerating.

April 12 there was a 10.8-minute cold flow test in which the hybrid rocket motor was tested after SS2 was released from its mother ship, the WhiteKnightTwo. Since March 11 there have been five WK2 test flights, which include two SS2 releases. Dec. 19 there was a 13.4-minute release-glide flight to test SS2 performance after several changes which included installing the rocket motor systems and nozzle; a new shortened aft skirt; and wing and strake thermal protection.

The hybrid rocket motor is a scaled up version of the one used to take SS1 to the edge of space, and win the Ansari $10 million X Prize with two such flights within a two week period, Oct. 4, 2004. The SS2 motor is rated at three times higher thrust than the original version. The liquid nitrous oxide oxidizer is sent through the hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene fuel. This configuration was selected for SS1 as safer than other candidate rocket motors. It is also being used for the Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser.

The cold flow test was the first time in the air that oxidizer was flowed through the propulsion system and out through the nozzle at the rear of the vehicle. As well as providing further qualifying evidence that the rocket system is flight ready, the test also provided a stunning spectacle due to the oxidizer contrail and for the first time gave a taste of what SpaceShipTwo will look like as it powers to space.

The upcoming first powered flight of SpaceShipTwo is in many ways the most significant milestone to date, being the first time that the spaceship has flown with all systems installed and fully operational. The speculation at Mojave Air & Space Port is that the first powered flight may take place within a few weeks.

NASA photograph by Tom Tschida

The staff of NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) gathered on the ramp outside the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., to mark a milestone—the flying observatory’s 100th flight.

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People & Places

Students explore aviation careers at Van Nuys Airport More than 1,400 high school students, more than 40 exhibitors and an array of static aircraft participated in the eighth annual The Sky’s the Limit: Aviation Career Day hosted by MP Aero, Van Nuys Airport, Calif., and The Valley Economic Alliance April 5.

Congressman Tony Cárdenas spoke to the students about taking their future into their own hands by making the most of their opportunities. Students were treated to airport tours, interactive exhibits, and aircraft displays including the Cirrus VK-30, Los Angeles Fire Department Air Rescue Unit, Children’s Hospital Ambulance Service, major tenants TWC and Clay Lacy Aviation and much more.

Los Angeles Unified School Board Member Nury Martinez said, “Students had the valuable opportunity to speak with aviation and aerospace professionals, including VNY Operations, Airport

Police personnel, LA Valley College, the Federal Aviation Administration, North Valley Occupational Center and many more about how to pursue a career in aviation.”

“We thank our sponsors, exhibitors, VNY and the many volunteers who made Aviation Career Day possible. It is through exposure to educational opportunities such as this that our youth gain insight into the many career options available to them,” said Los Angeles World Airports Board of Airport Commission President, Michael Lawson.

Van Nuys Airport is one of three airports owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports, a self-supporting branch of the City of Los Angeles, governed by a seven-member Board of Airport Commissioners who are appointed by the mayor and approved by the Los Angeles City Council.

Hometown Heroes

Air Force Amn. Gabriel P. Leigsring graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Leigsring is the son of Erin and Paul Leigsring of Lake Hughes.

He is a 2012 graduate of Quartz Hill High School.

Air Force A1C Matthew J. Lockwood graduated from basic military training at Lackland AFB. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Lockwood is the son of Paul Lockwood of Mesa, Ariz. He is the grandson of Phillip Lockwood of Las Vegas, Nev. He is a 2012 graduate of Desert High School, Edwards Air Force Base.

Air Force A1C Sabrina T. Graham graduated from basic military training at Lackland AFB. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Graham is the daughter of Tommie Graham of Palmdale.

She is a 2009 graduate of Quartz Hill High School, Lancaster.

Air Force Amn. Elisamuel Saez Vazquez graduated from basic military training at Lackland AFB The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Saez Vazquez is the son of Eduardo Saez of Pascagoula, Miss.

He is the brother of Edilia Saez of, Calif.

He is a 2012 graduate of Eastside High School, Lancaster, Calif.

Air Force Amn. Torrence H. Johnson graduated from basic

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military training at Lackland AFB. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Johnson is the son of Kelly and Thomas Johnson of Lancaster.

He is a 2011 graduate of Eastside High School, Lancaster.

Air Force Amn. David D. Densing graduated from basic military training at Lackland AFB. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Densing is the son of Anna and Mark Densing of Rosamond.

He is a 2012 graduate of Rosamond High School.

Air Force Amn. Carissa A. Wilson graduated from basic military training at Lackland AFB. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Wilson is the daughter of Gregory Wilson of Lancaster.

She is a 2012 graduate of Lancaster Baptist School.

Air Force Amn. Jasmine J. Cueva graduated from basic military training at Lackland AFB. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Cueva is the daughter of Joan Thompson of Forsyth, Mo. She is a 2010 graduate of Antelope Valley High School, Lancaster, Calif.

Army Pfc. Kasey D. German has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and

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received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.

German is the son of Joseph and Secret-Le German of Tehachapi, and nephew of Sean Bridges of Lancaster.

He is a 2012 graduate of Tehachapi High School.

Army Pfc. Solomon A. Nicholas has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.

Nicholas is the son of Alberto Nicholas and grandson of Jaunita Cummings, both of Lancaster.

He is a 2012 graduate of Quartz Hills High School, Lancaster.

Army National Guard Pvt. LuuAnte D. Brumsey has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.

Brumsey is the son of Lakeisha Bryant and stepson of Gerald Bryant, both of Palmdale.

He is a 2012 graduate of William J. Pete Knight High School, Palmdale.

Army Pvt. Kristoffer R. Sala has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier received training in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, core values and traditions. Additional training included development of basic combat skills and battlefield operations and tactics, and experiencing use of various weapons and weapons defenses available to the infantry crewman.

Sala is the son of Bobbie and Rocky Sala of Palmdale.

He is a 2012 graduate of Palmdale High School.

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#933 Garrard turntable and Heathkit stereo amp. Vintage! $60 for both

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#965 Six Drawer dresser and night stand. $100 #919 Craftsman 10” Radial arm saw with stand - $475 Works fine.

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• Homes For sale • Houses For rent • Apartments For rent • Lots • Hotels & Motels • Commercial rentals • Loans • Investments • Business Opportunities

The Only Classified ads that are available as free ads to above listed personnel are:

• recreational Vehicles • Work Wanted • Condos For sale • Townhomes • Industrial Properties • Mobiles For sale • Mobiles For rent • Misc. For rent

• Acreage • Income Property • Farms & ranches • services • employment Opportunities • Child care • Condos For rent

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• Pets - Free To Good Home • Lost & Found • Cars & Trucks (Except RV’s) • Furniture & Appliances • Misc. For Sale

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