-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a prelude to war! 000342. Air Force issues Notice of Intent on first operational F-22 wing LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFPN) -- The Air Force published the Notice of Intent in the Federal Register March 3 to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement to assess the potential environmental impacts of a proposal to beddown the initial F-22 operational wing. The F-22 air superiority fighter is being developed to replace the F-15. The first aircraft delivery is scheduled in 2004. The proposal is to beddown a total of 72 operational aircraft grouped into three squadrons. The Air Force will screen five alternative locations for the initial beddown, including Langley Air Force Base; Eglin AFB and Tyndall AFB, Fla.; Elmendorf AFB, Alaska; and Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. Langley is the preferred alternative, but each alternative will be screened to determine if it warrants detailed analysis in this EIS. Each alternative that fits the criteria for the initial beddown, as well as the "no action" alternative will be analyzed. The Air Force projects the environmental analysis process will be completed in about two years. The environmental impact analysis will examine issues relating to land use, airspace and safety, air and water quality, noise, socioeconomics, biological and cultural resources and cumulative actions. The Air Force will conduct the first phase of scoping meetings in each of the five potential locations. A second round of meetings will be conducted in the locations selected for detailed analysis. Dates, times and locations for the meetings will be announced in the local media as they are scheduled. Comments will be accepted throughout the environmental impact analysis process, however to ensure sufficient time to consider public and agency comment in the screening process and preparation of the Draft EIS, comments should be submitted to the HQ ACC/CEVP; 129 Andrews St., Ste. 102; Langley AFB VA 23665-2769; Attn: Ms. Brenda Cook by June 30. (Courtesy of ACC News Service) 000341. Air Force continues toward mandatory travel card use WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Although the General Services Administration has granted the Defense Department a 60-day extension on mandatory use of the government Visa travel card, the Air Force is continuing efforts to implement the new policy. The Travel and Transportation Reform Act that took effect March 1, mandates using the government travel card for all authorized expenses while on official government travel. The DOD extension delays mandatory use of the travel card until May 1, however Air Force officials are encouraging travel card holders to use their cards now and reminding those who don't yet have the travel card to apply for one through their local finance office. 000345. Raptor undergoes low-speed taxi testing - Stand-alone photo 000345a.gif and 000345a.jpg MARIETTA, Ga. (AFPN) -- F-22 Raptor 4003, soon to be the latest addition to the Air Force's test fleet of next-generation air dominance fighters, undergoes low-speed initial taxi testing at Lockheed Martin's facility here. After completing both low- and medium-speed taxi tests (30 and 60 knots, respectively) Raptor 4003 is expected to make its maiden flight the week of March 6th. (Photo by John Rossino) 000344. Combat weatherman graduates Army Ranger Course by Tech. Sgt. Hoover E. Hodge Jr. 10th Combat Weather Squadron HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (AFPN) -- An Air Force Combat Weather specialist has earned the right to wear the U.S. Army's Ranger tab. Staff Sgt. John C. Sosa graduated from the Army's Ranger Course, Feb. 18. Sosa is assigned to Detachment 4, 10th Combat Weather Squadron, Fort Benning, Ga. His graduation from Ranger Class 3-00 has earned Sosa the distinction of being the only current member of the weather career field to be "Ranger tabbed." As a combat weatherman, Sosa is charged with providing weather to the 3rd Battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment. The Army Ranger Course is 61 days long. Course members average 19 hours of training each day, seven days a week. Training is non-stop and intense. It is divided into three phases: the Benning Phase held at Camp Rogers and Camp Darby, Fort Benning; the Mountain Phase held at Camp Frank D. Merrill near Dahlonega, Ga.; and the Florida Phase held at Camp James E. Rudder, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The emphasis during the course is on practical, realistic and strenuous fieldwork. A goal of the course is to develop individual leadership abilities through the application of the principles of leadership. "John is an outstanding example of the type of young airmen and NCOs we have in the 10th Combat Weather Squadron," said Lt. Col. Scott Funk, 10th CWS commander. "This training will enable him to go forward with his Ranger customers as a team member, rather than as a liability, pushing weather forward and keeping a weather eye on target. The experience he is gaining is invaluable." According to the colonel, Sosa understands that in order to make the weather mission successful, combat weathermen have to be intimately familiar with their customer's operations and know when to inject weather intelligence into the mission planning or execution process. "Our goal in the 10th, and within Air Force Special Operations Command, is to provide our weather operators with the skills to move, shoot and communicate successfully with our customers," said Funk. "Our paradigm is weather forward because our customer demands it." (Courtesy of Night Flyer News Service) 000343. Barksdale bombers visit Korea as part of Coronet Spider 22 BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (AFPN) -- Two B-52 Stratofortresses from the 2nd Bomb Wing here traveled to Osan Air Base, South Korea, as part of Coronet Spider 22, a global power mission that took the giant bombers and more than 20 people from Barksdale to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and then on to Osan. The trip was an opportunity to showcase not only the immense capabilities of the B-52, but also to demonstrate the precision stand-off strike capability the B-52 and AGM-142 precision-guided missile combination brings to the fight. Lt. Gen. Charles Heflebower, commander of 7th Air Force, was given a demonstration of the 25-foot, 3,000 pound class missile; the only "true precision" stand-off weapon in the vast B-52 arsenal. The AGM-142, often called the Have Nap, has the capability of being launched from outside the target area and guided to the target by the radar navigator using a television or infrared display provided by a camera aboard the missile. This marked the first time the AGM-142 was on the Korean peninsula. "The AGM-142 has never been in Korea," said Lt. Col. Bill Rushing, 20th BS commander. "It's pretty unique to get an invitation from a general to come over and show him your capability." Global power missions are a vital component of bomber operations. With a decrease in forward presence it is important to demonstrate that bombers can reach out and strike with lethality, anytime and anywhere. "From the big picture, it sends the message to the rest of the world that B-52s and the people who get them in the air, don't just sit at Barksdale," Rushing said. "We don't just talk about being able to employ firepower around the world, we do it." (Courtesy of Air Combat Command News Service) 000346. Teaching officership at the Air Guard's Academy Of Military Science by Army Master Sgt. Bob Haskell National Guard Bureau Public Affairs KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AFPN) -- The Academy of Military Science is a deceptive place. Nine modern brick classroom and administration buildings, dormitories, a gymnasium and a dining hall comprise the I.G. Brown Air National Guard Training and Education Center. It includes a noncommissioned officers academy for Air Guard, Air Reserve and active Air Force enlisted people. It looks like a prospering small college. For would-be officers, however, AMS has been the Air National Guard's equivalent to England's Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst since it opened for business in 1971. Five or six classes of nearly 100 students are trained there each year. The 10,000th officer graduated last August. Nearly 350 Air Force Reserve officers have completed the program since 1994. Their family's military tradition, emulating a leader they admire, and their personal dreams to win a commission are the common reasons why people from all over the country come to the academy beside the Smoky Mountains to become officers before their 35th birthdays. "We have six weeks to mold these men and women into warrior officers who can step into any situation -- during peacetime or war -- and lead enlisted people, or serve with anyone they encounter anywhere in the world. That is the business for everyone who wears the Air Force uniform," said Lt. Col. Joanna Shumaker, the AMS commandant. "The program has to be tough and challenging since we are training Air Force officers in the profession of arms," she added. "The officer candidates have to learn that, as officers, they will no longer be responsible only for themselves but for the troops they may lead into harm's way." It is a stressful, sometimes painful process -- especially for those who do not know what to expect, including the 20 percent who have never known military service. Some bring their cars, their swimming suits and golf clubs, or work from their civilian jobs. They quickly learn that every moment of their 19-hour day belongs to the academy, to the faculty advisors and to their classmates. They discover that AMS will expand their horizons in ways they never thought possible. "I thought this would be a vacation. Was I wrong," confessed Michael Oliver, a tech. sergeant and F-16 crew chief from the District of Columbia Air Guard's 113th Wing. "I also knew that the only way I could be an effective officer was to change some things about me. I learned there's always room to improve." "The first two weeks were incredibly tough because I was not prepared mentally," explained Daniel Brumfield, an Air Reserve master sergeant from Ohio. "This place takes you out of your comfort zone. They never allow you to step back into it." "I got maybe 18 hours of sleep during the first week, I was so stressed out," said Jeffrey Plourde, an Air Guard tech sergeant from Maine. Still, 95 percent do earn their commissions in the six weeks many take off from civilian jobs. They do it in half of the time it takes to complete the Air Force's 12-week Officer Training School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. The curriculum of 338 hours covers the same communications skills, leadership, professional development and defense studies that are the heart of the basic officer courses at Maxwell, at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, and at college ROTC programs across the country. It stresses the three Air Force core values of integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all you do. The staff of 20 includes two active-duty captains, a Reserve captain, and a Reserve non-commissioned officer. For the most part, officers train the students in the ways of officership -- making decisions, weighing consequences, accepting responsibility and working as a team. "Our diverse backgrounds help our students understand how the total force works," explained Capt. Mark Scott, a former Air Force Academy history instructor who supervises the AMS curriculum. "The most important thing we teach is that they're accountable for everything and everybody; that a good officer knows the way, goes the way and shows the way," said Capt. Timothy Vowell, a faculty advisor for 10 AMS classes. How does the Air Guard do during six weeks in Tennessee what it takes the Air Force 12 weeks to do in Alabama? The vast majority of AMS students are prior service people who have learned to march during basic training and who already have their uniforms, shots and security clearances, explained Air Force Reserve Maj. Glen Frisco, a former AMS instructor. About half of the Officer Training School students, on the other hand, are new to the military. Maturity also helps. The average age for AMS students is nearly 30. They average close to nine years of enlisted service. Some have become senior NCOs. Many have served on foreign soil. Many are married with children and mortgages. All have college degrees, and many have master's. Some are teachers. Some are engineers. Some are business people. "The AMS philosophy stresses student accountability and involvement," Frisco said. "The staff gives the students their schedule and framework and tells them to do it. The student leadership is changed every week so everyone finds out what it's like to be under the gun." The process works. Air Force luminaries such as Gen. Lloyd "Fig" Newton, an AMS graduation speaker last year, welcome the Air Guard-trained second lieutenants into the total force as equally qualified junior officers. That reinforces Col. Richard Burris's contention that "I'll stack up our new lieutenants against anybody's." Burris completed the academy in Tennessee in 1980, and was an AMS instructor for two and a half years. He is the first graduate to command the Air Guard's Training and Education Center. He makes no bones to new officer candidates about what the Academy of Military Science is all about. "We train the finest officers in the Air Force, not just the Air National Guard," Burris tells them. "If you want to be a pilot, go to the airlines. They're hiring. If you want to be a logistician, go to Brown and Root. If you want to go into finance, go to Wall Street. But if you want to be an Air Force officer, stick around. We can do that." 000346a.gif and 000346a.jpg Climbing and descending a cargo net was one of many tactical challenges Academy of Military Science cadets faced during the field portion of their intense six weeks of training to become 2nd Lieutenants. 000347. Commentary: March into National Nutrition Month by Frankie Cox 437th Medical Group CHARLESTON AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. (AFPN) -- March is National Nutrition Month, and this year's theme is "Food and Fitness: Health for a Lifetime." Proper nutrition and physical activity are important at every stage of life, so healthy eating and exercise go hand-in-hand with good health. Healthy eating fuels physical activity at every stage of life. Healthy eating is all about what's right for you. You need to make good healthy choices that fit into your stage of life and lifestyle. The dietary guidelines for Americans offer bottom-line advice and are the most current thinking of today's health professionals. They are meant to help all healthy people, ages two and older, make food choices that maintain and/or improve health. Decisions you can control over a lifetime can promote your health and quality of life. The sooner you start the better. All foods fit into a healthful eating plan. There is no "bad" food -- all foods can fit. Make sure you consider variety, balance and moderation as keys to eating healthy. It is important to eat a wide variety of foods because no one food or food group supplies all the nutrients your body needs. Each week try one new food or recipe. When eating out, order something you've never tried before. Having a good balance of your nutrient intake means eating enough, but not too much. Moderation means controlling the number of calories along with your intake of total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, sugar and alcohol. Food and activity choices are personal. Choose nutrient-dense foods that are flavorful and ones that match your own preferences, needs, and lifestyle -- even if and when your life and family situation changes. Good nutrition starts with you. Whether at home, at work, or dining out, good nutrition can and should be a part of your life style. It's important to balance healthful eating and physical activity. Each day participate in physical activities that you like to do. You have to like what you're doing in order to stick with it. At least 30 minutes a day is recommended, but it need not happen all at once. Think about ways you may be able to incorporate more activity into your life. Even a few small changes in your eating and exercise habits can make a bit difference in how your look and feel. Staying fit improves your chances for a higher-quality life. Being fit, physically, emotionally and mentally, gives you a better chance at a higher quality of life and perhaps a longer life. Fitness can help increase longevity and improve your self-esteem and ability to manage stress. You'll be more productive, safe at work, and better equipped to go through life. You never reach a point where it's too late to start leading a more active life. You can improve your quality of life at any point in your life by getting into the habit of regular physical activity. Try to fit exercise and physical activity into your daily routine by also using the variety, balance and moderation keys: -- Variety: Try different types of physical activities because you use different muscle groups. -- Balance: Use weight bearing activities to strengthen bones, stretching and bending for flexibility, resistance exercises for muscle strength, and aerobic activities for cardiovascular endurance. -- Moderation: Have a minimum goal of 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity over the course of the day, on most, if not all days of the week. You can benefit by charting your course toward achieving overall fitness. Learn and acquire eating and physical activity habits that you can live with for a lifetime. Gradual changes for health are often easier and more effective in the long run than trying to change everything at once. Take one month at a time -- or even one-day at a time. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, there are ten guidelines that point the way to good health. Aim for fitness -- Aim for a healthy weight -- Be active each day. Build a healty base -- Let the Food Pyramid guide your food choices -- Choose a variety of grains daily, especially whole grains -- Choose a variety of fruits and vegetables daily -- Keep food safe to eat Choose sensibly -- Choose a diet that is low in saturated fat and cholestral and moderate in total fat -- Choose beverages and foods that limit your intake of sugars -- Choose and prepare foods with less salt -- If you drink alcoholic beverages, do so in moderation (Courtesy of Air Mobility Command News Service) **COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. 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