WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! 001021. Air Force announces revised Selective Reenlistment Bonus list RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- The Air Force has completed its latest review of the Selective Reenlistment Bonus program, again increasing the pool of eligibles by four skills SRBs are a key monetary incentive to encourage sufficient reenlistments in certain enlisted Air Force specialties to sustain career force objectives in those skills. These reviews are conducted semi-annually, normally in June and December, and involve a comprehensive review of all enlisted specialties. The criteria used for determining which enlisted skills receive an SRB includes current and projected skill and total manning levels, reenlistment rates by SRB zone and category of enlistment, career field force structure changes, and inputs from individual functional career field managers. SRBs are authorized in 0.5 increments (or multiples) and in three reenlistment zones for personnel with between 17 months and 14 years of service. The revised AFSC listing of SRB skills includes 56 zone A (17 months to 6 years of service), 43 zone B (6-10 years of service), and 12 zone C (10-14 years of service) multiplier increases; 8 zone A, 25 zone B, and 6 zone C additions, and 2 zone A and B multiplier decreases from the list published in January. A total of 152 skills, approximately three-fourths of the Air Force skills, are now eligible for an SRB in one or more zones. This is a net increase of four skills from the previous list. Three zone A and three zone B SRBs were deleted; and 10 new AFSCs were added in either zones A, B, C or some combination. The additions and multiple increases were effective June 20. The SRB multiple decreases and deletions are effective July 31. More information on the SRB program can be found at the Air Force Personnel Center's Enlisted Skills Web site at http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/enlskills/. Additional information can also be obtained from your local military personnel flight's reenlistment office. (Courtesy of AFPC News Service) 001020. Misawa Air Base runway reopens MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (AFPN) -- Airfield management reopened the runway here July 6, following a weeklong shutdown for repairs. The runway closed after the last commercial flight departed Misawa City Airport, June 30. During the closure, construction crews repaired the 1200-foot asphalt overlay at the east end of the runway. Crews removed four-and-a-half inches of the existing asphalt, installed a geotextile fabric to strengthen the repair, and then replaced the asphalt. According to Maj. Ken Weaver, 35th Civil Engineer Squadron Engineering Flight commander, the construction went as planned. "Our detailed preparation, a professional contractor and a lot of good weather enabled the successful completion of this very important runway repair," said Weaver. 001024. San Antonio home to Air Force Development Center for Operational Medicine BOLLING AIR FORCE BASE, D.C. (AFPN) -- The Air Force Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Paul K. Carlton Jr., announced plans to open the Air Force Development Center for Operational Medicine the first week of August at Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio. The center will be a national asset created to enhance joint military, civilian and international casualty care in an integrated setting. It will provide active-duty military forces worldwide with a full-spectrum health strategy, which means more effective care through health promotion, casualty prevention and capable and agile medical support. Domestic and international communities will also benefit from the new center, as its experts will collaborate with civilian authorities on disaster response efforts including response to weapons of mass destruction. The center will promote the development of exercise and training partnerships with local U.S. communities and other military services. These partnerships will, in turn, provide the skills needed to respond to unconventional nuclear, biological and chemical threats. Throughout the developmental and actual response processes, Air Force active duty, Guard and Reserve medics will seek to provide total support for civil authorities. "We see disaster response as an opportunity for us to share education and training with our counterparts in military and civilian medical communities across the globe," Carlton said. "The more familiar we are with each other's medical capabilities, the more we come to understand how we can complement each other." The new San Antonio based-organization will also serve as a world center for development and modernization of Air Force deployable medical teams. These teams of equipment and people provide medical care and aeromedical evacuation for humanitarian operations, disasters and combat operations around the globe. To coordinate the development and modernization process the center will rely on resources based in San Antonio including Wilford Hall Medical Center, Brooke Army Medical Center, Brooks AFB and the University of Texas Health Sciences Center. There are numerous opportunities for synergy with civil, academic and industrial partners that will harness rapid and radical advances in bioscience, health and information technology. These partnerships will also strengthen the current human systems and performance efforts at Brooks AFB. Additional training opportunities at the center will be available to military medical forces worldwide via the Internet and using CD-ROM based interactive curriculums. By providing these learning opportunities for disaster response, the center will also enhance the military's role within the national and international community. (Courtesy of Air Force Surgeon General Public Affairs) 001023. Eglin first to use new air traffic control system by 1st Lt. Craig Goolsby Air Armament Center Public Affairs EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFPN) -- The 46th Operations Support Squadron here recently became the world's first user of a new air traffic control system. The implementation of the Defense Airport Surveillance Radar, or DASR, and the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System, or STARS, here is part of a joint Defense Department and Federal Aviation Administration effort to upgrade the nation's airspace infrastructure. And, air traffic controllers here are enthusiastic about using it. "It is exciting to know that you're the first in the world to have equipment that ultimately is going to be put in hundreds of FAA and military facilities," said Maj. Lee Pittman, airfield operations flight commander. Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., worked with Raytheon Company to develop the DASR and STARS. The 46th Test Squadron here developmentally tested the systems last year. And, now the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center is conducting an operational test of the systems. It's an unusual operational test, however, since air traffic controllers and the 96th Communications Squadron here are actually using and maintaining the system for real air traffic, while AFOTEC continues to test it. The new air traffic control system has many advantages over the old system. Tom Robillard, the Defense Department's National Airspace System Program manager discussed the system's overall advantages. "The new equipment will result in a much more reliable, expandable, workforce-friendly system of safely separating air traffic throughout the United States," Robillard said. The system allows controllers to see farther and lower to the ground, Pittman said. And, the new STARS system has the capability to integrate inputs from multiple radars. The old radarscopes took inputs from a single radar. According to air traffic control journeyman Staff Sgt. Matthew Conley, the old scopes had blind spots. However, with multiple radars operating, Conley said it is, "almost impossible," to develop blind spots with the new system. The new STARS system displays its images on large computer monitors. The displays are visible at nearly office level lighting, which provides the controllers with a better work environment. "We don't have to sit in the dark anymore," Conley said. Finally, the control towers in the area also benefit from the new systems. "Eglin, Duke (Field)and Hurlburt towers have a radar feed which enables them to maintain surveillance of the in-close airport traffic areas," Pittman said. Eglin was selected to test the new system for several reasons, according to Pittman. "We're a joint use airfield and we control a significant number of civilian aircraft . . . You can test all aspects of it to make sure it's suitable for military needs, in warning and restricted areas, and for civilian traffic," Pittman said. According to Pittman, Eglin's air traffic is about 60 percent military and 40 percent civilian. The high-volume Eglin handles, which is typically second or third highest in the Air Force, served as another important factor in putting the new systems here. According to Conley, Eglin's controllers can handle up to 20 airplanes at a time. This high volume of traffic made Eglin a good choice for the first system implementation. "This is the place to work," Conley said, pointing at the radar approach control facility. "If you can make it in there, you can make it anywhere." Air traffic controllers here spent much time preparing for the DASR and STARS arrival. "Our controllers have been training on the new systems since January, most of it in their off-duty time, and they've been anxious to start actively controlling with it," said Chief Master Sgt. Dana Bunch, Eglin radar control facility's chief controller. Other Air Force bases will begin getting the new systems over the next couple years, Pittman said. (Courtesy of Air Force Materiel Command News Service. Electronic Systems Center Public Affairs contributed to this article) 001023a.gif and 001023a.jpg Staff Sgt. Robert Pipkin, air traffic controller, implements Eglin Air Force Base's (Fla.) new air traffic control system. (Photo by Craig McDonnell) 001022. July issue of Airman magazine now available KELLY AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- Airmen at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., recently aimed and fired a Peacekeeper, the world's most powerful missile, at a tiny Pacific Ocean isle. It streaked into space and back down on its 4,800-mile trip. It was right on target. The first Peacekeeper flight test of 2000 was a success! Read about it in the July issue of Airman magazine, now on the Web. You can also turn the pages to find out how special operations "old timers" are teaching rookies the ins and outs of the special ops world. Also in the magazine: features on what it's like to live and work at McConnell AFB, Kan.; how airmen attending the recruiter's schoolhouse learn to sell the Air Force; and how horses are helping airmen patrol the world's largest spaceport. You can view this month's Airman magazine at http://www.af.mil/news/airman. 001022a.gif and 001022a.jpg The July issue of Airman magazine is now available. (Photo by Master Sgt. Dave Nolan) 001025. Air Force Research Laboratory evaluates satellites KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFPN) -- One by one, the world's orbiting satellites are being evaluated for their vulnerability to lasers. Driven by a new Defense Department directive, the work is being done by the Satellite Assessment Center of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate here. According to Capt. Brian Oelrich, chief of the center's Optical Analysis Group, "The work we're doing in response to this new defense directive reflects two factors: There is an increasing number of satellites in space, and some of these satellites are particularly vulnerable to laser radiation." "When you couple this vulnerability to the increased use of DOD high-energy lasers," notes Oelrich, "actions were needed to prevent inadvertent laser damage to these satellites." High-energy lasers currently in development include the U.S. Air Force's Airborne Laser and Space Based Laser, and the U.S. Army's Tactical High Energy Laser. Other lasers are used for detection, ranging, tracking, communications, calibration and imaging. Any Department of Defense agency wanting to fire a laser above the horizon must first get permission from U.S. Space Command's Laser Clearing House, which uses the center's information on satellite vulnerabilities to help determine if there are any satellites in the laser's path that should be avoided. Specifically, the Satellite Assessment Center uses detailed satellite intelligence coupled with laboratory laser effects testing on actual spacecraft components and materials to build high-fidelity computer models of foreign and domestic satellites. From these models, the safe levels of laser illumination for a particular satellite can be determined. Also factored in is the operation and orientation of a particular satellite in relation to the proposed laser scenario. An analysis for each satellite and scenario can be costly. To help minimize this cost in the future, the center is also developing software upgrades that will give U. S. Space Command the ability to screen satellites in-house. This software includes a center-developed satellite vulnerability database that can perform timely predictive avoidance analysis as situations arise. The Satellite Assessment Center was selected for this because of its three decades of experience studying satellite vulnerabilities and in-depth knowledge of satellite materials, properties and intelligence. (Courtesy of AFRL Public Affairs) 001026. Reservists help create 'The Perfect Storm' by Jim Miller Air Force Reserve Command Public Affairs ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AFPN) -- In recent years, the Air Force has become more involved in supporting major Hollywood film productions. The latest big-screen venture is "The Perfect Storm," a Warner Brothers feature film released June 30 in theaters nationwide. "We've been on a long roll for the last three or four years with the biggest summer movies involving the Air Force," said Chuck Davis, chief of television and motion pictures in the Air Force's regional public affairs office in Los Angeles. "Other major productions involving the Air Force in recent years are 'Air Force One,' 'Armageddon' and 'Tomorrow Never Dies.'" In a scene from "The Perfect Storm," members of the Air Force Reserve Command's 305th Rescue Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., and the Air National Guard's 129th Rescue Wing, Moffett Field, Calif., simulated the rescue of stranded fishermen off the coast of New England. "The production team was very interested in keeping the Air Force's participation as accurate as possible, which is one of the reasons we got involved," said Col. Kent Clark, 305th RQS commander. Based on a book of the same title by author Sebastian Junger, film director Wolfgang Petersen, who also directed "Air Force One," drew on the talents of George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and other stars to bring the story to life. "The Perfect Storm" is actually about three storm systems that came together in October 1991 to create an unusually severe weather condition. Before the filming began, members of the cast and crew attended a one-week pararescue training camp in Arizona. They learned the purposes of the helicopter's dials and switches, flew on a helicopter during a simulated rescue mission, were hauled from a lake by harness into a hovering helicopter and took part in night-vision goggle training. Quoted on the movie's official Web site, actor Dash Mihok, who plays a pararescue specialist, said, "The parajumper program gave us a chance to experience what a rescue operation was like. You're down in the water with a chopper only 50 to 60 feet above you and it's hard to see, breathe and communicate. It really gives you an appreciation for the skills and concentration these guys have to have. When it came time for us to do those scenes on stage, we understood a lot of what was involved. "Sitting in the water for 10 minutes waiting for the camera to roll, then hearing the sound of the fans get more and more deafening, and the wave-makers bobbing you up and down like apples in a barrel -- it all felt a lot like what we went through in training," he said. "My character was supposed to be unconscious during part of this scene and that was hardest for me. If I started drowning, I was supposed to stop and let them know. It was pretty intense." Two HH-60G helicopters from the 305th RQS and two from the 129th RQW, along with associated aircrew members, pararescue specialists and aircraft maintainers, flew to California to participate in the filming. Their portion of the filming was conducted at Channel Island ANG Base, Calif., in August 1999, with additional work on sound stages at Warner Brothers Studios. "It was particularly interesting to be in on the behind-the-scenes activities," said Maj. Glenn Schumacher, a 305th RQS aircraft commander. "It's incredible the amount of work and detail that goes into putting a movie together." Members of the 305th RQS put in 16 flying hours, performing a variety of day and nighttime maneuvers and internal cockpit shots. Two brothers -- Master Sgt. Steve Lupenski from the 305th RQS and Maj. Al Lupenski from the 301st RQS, Patrick AFB, Fla. -- lent their expertise to the movie. "Steve went to Hollywood three or four times for a day or two on official travel orders, and Al served as aerial coordinator," said Davis. "Their influence is easy to spot throughout the movie." Davis said the studio reimbursed the government for rental cars, rooms and travel, and paid for all costs associated with flying. The units involved were fully reimbursed for any associated costs. Another Air Force Reserve Command unit contributed to the movie, although there was no travel involved. Researchers and writers spoke to officials from the 403rd Wing, Keesler AFB, Miss., several times via telephone to learn how the "Hurricane Hunters" track tropical storms and hurricanes. "They wanted to know if the plane ride is bumpy, if it bounces around a lot," said Davis. "The unit also talked them through the dropsonde (weather-gathering device) process and sent them stock footage from weather missions. The producers didn't use any of the stock footage but it made it possible for the film crew to recreate a mission." Other Air National Guard units that supported "The Perfect Storm" are the 146th Airlift Wing, Port Hueneme, Calif., and the 106th RQW, Westhampton Beach, N.Y. Davis already has a pretty good idea of which units will be called on to help with the next Air Force-supported Hollywood production. "The next major production we hope to have will be about the pararescue mission," he said. (Courtesy of AFRC News Service from a 305th RQS news release) 001027. Edwards captain bound for France via Olmsted scholarship by 2nd Lt. Cris L'Esperance Air Force Flight Test Center Public Affairs EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFPN) -- Some might say five and a half years in the desert is a drought. But for one aspiring bluesuiter, it's led to a wellspring of opportunity and the career-broadening experience of a lifetime. Capt. Angie Wallace, F-117A special projects flight commander for the 410th Flight Test Squadron here, has earned an Olmsted Foundation scholarship to attend school in another country. She will find her next duty station quite different -- Lyon, France -- as she shifts from studies of low observables and avionics flight testing to graduate work in political science and international relations. She will attend the University of Lyon on a two-year grant provided by the Foundation. "First of all, I feel blessed. It's been whirlwind ... it's incredible," Wallace said. "It's going to change my life. Whereas my Air Force career up to this point has been depth in engineering, this will be very career-broadening." Wallace, one of three Air Force officers to be selected for the Olmsted Scholar Program this year, will join the ranks of nearly 325 servicemembers who have gone before her studying 27 languages at 116 different foreign universities in 40 foreign countries. Fundamental to the program is a conviction that leaders must be broadly educated. That vision of education -- the hope of the program's founder, retired Army Maj. Gen. George Olmsted -- surpasses the bounds of the classroom. In Wallace's case, the assignment will embrace the institutions, characteristics and customs of the people and region of Lyon. >From a corner caf� to the fluctuating hush and roar of Lyon's annual grand prix of tennis, Wallace will be saturated in an experience that could shape the rest of her Air Force career and, perhaps, her life. The captain will return from France with a four-year active-duty service commitment as well as an opportunity to spend an additional year at an American university completing requirements for a master's in political science and international relations. The daughter of a native-born German mother, Wallace learned German at home at an early age and continued studying it through high school and college. It was through her German instructor at the U.S. Air Force Academy that she first learned of the Olmsted Scholar Program. Nearly 10 years later, following an application and nomination process begun nearly a year ago, she'll head up the California coast this month to the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, Calif., to undergo intense language training before departing for France in April of 2001. As for other opportunities after studying abroad, Wallace said she hopes to return and teach aeronautical engineering and French at the Air Force Academy, and then possibly "work at an embassy or in the Pentagon doing something that combines my engineering and French skills." For more information on the Olmsted scholarship, call the Officer Professional Military Education section at the Air Force Personnel Center at (210) 565-2103. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. 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