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1821. Air Force announces OTS selections RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- The Air Force is giving 131 enlisted people the chance to trade in their stripes for gold bars after being chosen to attend Officer Training School. Air Force Recruiting Service officials conducted OTS Selection Board 0202, which met here Nov. 27 to 30. The board considered 553 total applications, selecting 357 for a 65-percent selection rate. As part of the selection process, board members review both objective and subjective factors. Objectively, the board considers each applicant's academic discipline, grade point average, and Air Force Officer Qualifying Test scores. Subjectively, board members evaluate work experience, accomplishments, adaptability, character, leadership ability, potential for future growth, and other recommendations. For active-duty enlisted members, performance reports and commander's recommendations are also evaluated. A minimum of three Air Force colonels review every application. The selection process is similar to an Air Force officer promotion board. Key to the entire process is that no single factor leads to an individual's selection or nonselection, OTS selection officials said. The average grade point average for those selected is 3.18. The average Air Force Officer Qualification Test score in the area of pilot is 57.7; for navigator, 56.2; for academic aptitude, 55.4; for verbal, 60.5; and for quantitative, 49.5. Individuals selected for OTS can expect class assignment information about eight weeks after their physical is certified for commissioning. The OTS boards meet about every six weeks here at Air Force Recruiting Service headquarters. For more information concerning OTS and the application process, active-duty members should contact their local education services office; civilians should contact the nearest Air Force recruiter. A full listing of people selected for OTS is available online at www.rs.af.mil/OTS_selections/releases.htm. (Courtesy of AFRS News Service) 1824. Technology heart of information superiority RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AFPN) -- Information superiority continues to be a decisive factor in the Air Force's ability to defend the United States and protect its interests through aerospace power, officials said. Ensuring the right person has the right information at the right time is vital to today's warfighter. "Nowhere in the Air Force is this need more apparent than in U.S. Air Forces in Europe," said Col. John W. Maluda, USAFE director of communications and information. "With 91 countries in its area of responsibility, you need only look as far as Macedonia, Skopje, or Africa to see how critical information is for contingency forces. "At the heart of information superiority is information technology, the 'guts,' the 'machinery' that makes information flow," Maluda said. "It has forever changed the way the Air Force performs, educates, and operates from a global perspective." Information technology enables the Air Force to better leverage information to support contingency and humanitarian efforts, retrieving near "real time" information from globally distributed networks and placing it at the fingertips of the warfighter within seconds, he said. The resulting impact on air campaign planning and execution demands the Air Force manage its IT infrastructure as a weapon system and effectively arm communications and information warriors to operate, maintain, and safeguard that weapon system. The new "One Air Force...One Network" vision lays the foundation for making tremendous advances in network systems, enhancing the delivery of information to everyone who needs it. "In USAFE, we are working hard to turn One Air Force...One Network into reality," said Gen. Gregory Martin, USAFE commander. "From our 'first look' portal initiative to our efforts at centralizing server and network functions, we're exploiting the value of quantum leaps in storage capacity and network technologies. "This visionary approach will provide major progress in inter-office, inter-organization and inter-personal connectivity, which will allow us to leverage the value of our people in new and exciting ways," he said. "USAFE endeavors to sustain steady-state in-garrison and deployed missions, while fortifying its readiness posture to respond to real-world European Command and NATO contingency scenarios," Maluda said. "It is my responsibility to ensure USAFE's communications and information professionals are at the forefront of all efforts to manage information like a weapons system. "We're implementing rigorous training and standardization-evaluation programs in network control centers to ensure communications and information professionals achieve and maintain crew position certification levels commensurate with operating and maintaining IT weapon systems," he said. "USAFE communications and information professionals are using IT to help the Air Force refine and reengineer core processes, and no one comes close," Maluda said. 1822. Hunters help rescue lost man by Tech Sgt. Donovan K. Potter 314th Airlift Wing Public Affairs LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. (AFPN) -- Two duck hunters here reached out to lend a hand Dec. 15 and saved a fellow hunter from serious harm near Conway, Ark. Tech. Sgts. Tim Chaisson of the 362nd Training Squadron and Jerry Dickson of the 62nd Airlift Squadron here were finishing up an early morning duck-hunting trip when Alfred and Lois Whitfield told them their 30-year-old son, Lonnie Ezell, was lost. The two were on their way home from hunting around 9:45 a.m., near the Arkansas River and decided to stop at the dam on Lake Conway to check the water level in the Bell Slough Wildlife Management Area, Dickson said. "A couple came up to us and said their son went off hunting and he was lost back there," he said. "We go hunting there all the time, so we know the area pretty well. Plus, we both had a (Global Positioning System receiver) with us, so we knew we weren't going to get lost if we went to look for him." Ezell had a cell phone with him and called his parents around 9 a.m. to tell them he was in some trees and water up to his shoulders and did not know where he was. "At that point, all you're looking at is water, and all the trees look the same, so it's not hard to get disoriented," Chaisson said. "I've been turned around back there myself." The rescuers walked about a quarter mile, called Ezell on the phone and told him to listen for the sound of their shotgun. "We fired off a gun shot and he said he could barely hear it," Dickson said. "He told us he was walking with the sun to his right, which was putting him actually farther into Grassy Lake. We were looking into the sun, so we told him to walk with the sun to his back." Chaisson called Ezell on the cell phone several times throughout the ordeal and said he could tell Ezell was in distress. "When I called him the first time I could tell he was scared," Sergeant said. "His voice sounded like he was very nervous. He said every time he took a step, water went over his shoulder and he couldn't make any progress. I'm sure there were times when he was swimming." The duck hunters said they walked about 700 to 800 yards farther and tried to get closer to Ezell until the creek got too deep. "We kept firing shots into the air so he could keep a good bearing on us and kept calling him on the phone," Dickson said. "That went on for about an hour. We fired some more shots and Tim started blowing his duck call. We called and asked if he could hear the duck call and he said he could, so we knew he was getting close, but we still didn't see him." Disaster nearly struck the rescue effort at this point when Mr. Ezell dropped his cell phone into the water and severed communication with his rescuers. "We didn't know what happened," Sergeant Chaisson said. "We got a voice mail and then there was no answer, so we lost communication. All we could do was keep yelling his name, whistle, call with the duck call and fire shotgun shots into the air." "All of a sudden, we could hear a faint yell off in the distance," Dickson said. "And we were able to talk to him. The wind was blowing at our backs so he could hear us before we heard him." "We kept on yelling to him and we heard a 'woohoo' and we saw Lonnie in the creek channel," Chaisson said. It was nearly 1:30 p.m., meaning Ezell was lost in deep water for more than four hours. "I have no idea what he went through," Chaisson said. "I'm just glad he was tough. When he came out of the water, he was stiff. He was dragging his legs and complained his joints at the hip hurt." The two technical sergeants said the walk back to the cars was filled with talk of relief and joy, capped off with a happy reunion of parents and son. "These men really renewed my faith in mankind when they volunteered to go out there and bring him back in," Alfred Whitfield said. "I was about to go out myself, but they volunteered to go. We didn't know they were in the Air Force; we just thought they were a couple of duck hunters. They went way above the call to duty on that one. We really appreciate them." (Courtesy of Air Education and Training Command News Service) 1823. Deployed warrior letters may end up in print WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Air Force people stationed overseas, deployed in support of the war on terrorism and those who are keeping the home fires burning may have letters written to loved ones appear in the newspaper. Air Force Times, in conjunction with USA Weekend, a Sunday newspaper magazine insert distributed by more than 570 newspapers, is collecting original letters for publication in the newspapers and on a special Web site. To participate, airmen can send a personal letter written to a specific parent, child, spouse or friend to Air Force Times. The letter should describe what life is like at that location, things missed most and, if deployed, personal homecoming plans. To ensure surprise on the part of the family and friends, Air Force Times requests that airmen not share contents of their letters to loved ones. Because of production and mail delays, letters should not make any reference to the current holiday season. Letters should not exceed 250 words in length. Beginning Feb. 10, letters and photos will be posted on the Web site. The best letters will be published in forthcoming editions of Air Force Times and USA Weekend. In recognition of security concerns, letter writers may choose to be identified by first name and last initial, with a hometown. All letter writers must, however, provide full name, address and, if possible, phone numbers for verification purposes. Send letters to: Letters From a Two-Front War c/o Times News Service 6883 Commercial Dr. Springfield, VA 22159 Or, e-mail the information to [EMAIL PROTECTED] *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? 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