WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! 001340. Reserve C-130s airlift support to peacekeepers RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AFPN) -- Peacekeepers in the Balkans rely on Air Force C-130 aircraft to get replacements, equipment and supplies. Most of these missions are flown on a rotational basis by units temporarily assigned to the 38th Airlift Squadron (Provisional), better known as Delta Operations. Air Force Reserve Command units began picking up the missions in early August as part of the command's role in Aerospace Expeditionary Force 8. "The support of Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard C-130 units is crucial to provide the airlift required to support peacekeeping efforts in the Balkans," said Col. Ray Phillips, commander of Ramstein's 86th Operations Group, which oversees Delta Operations. "It continues to impress me that reservists from two or three different units can leave their civilian jobs, come over and seamlessly carry on the daily flying schedule from Delta Ops." During the first two weeks of the Aug. 2 to Sept. 7 deployment, the Reserve's 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson AFB, Colo., sent four aircraft and eight aircrews, plus support personnel, to Ramstein. The 934th AW, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Air Reserve Station, and the 913th AW, Willow Grove ARS, Pa., each provided an aircraft, two crews, aircraft maintainers and other support people. The 934th AW and the 913th AW kept their aircraft in place, and each rotated in two new crews plus support people. The 440th AW, Gen. Mitchell IAP ARS, Wis., which was responsible for managing the Reserve's month-long AEF deployment, sent four crews, more support people and two aircraft. The 908th AW, Maxwell AFB, Ala., also deployed four crews, support personnel and two C-130s. The 317th Airlift Group, an active-duty unit from Dyess AFB, Texas, augmented the Reserve's rotation with four crews and two aircraft. While deployed, the reservists and Dyess airmen provided airlift support for Operations Joint Guard and Joint Forge, as well as channel missions within the European theater. As of Aug. 28, they had flown 155 sorties, transporting some 4,000 passengers and more than 740 tons of cargo. "Our support of Joint Guard and Joint Forge operations demonstrates the Total Force in action," said Lt. Col. Walter Koelln, 38th AS commander and chief of current operations for the 440th AW's 95th AS. "Since the Reserve and Guard have a significant portion of the tactical airlift capability, it makes sense for us to supplement the active duty where we can. As long as the active duty allows us the flexibility to determine how we meet the requirement, we'll find a way to get the job done." The Reserve provides 23 percent of the Air Force's C-130 airlift capability. "We are full partners in the Total Force," Koelln continued, "but we also have to respect the needs of our reservists' civilian employers and our families. Many of our people make sacrifices to be here...but they volunteer none the less because they like to serve their country and work with people who share their dedication." "We've been doing this mission since 1996," said Capt. Pete Garland, a 908th AW pilot. "This is the fourth time I've been over to support this operation, so it has become pretty routine." Garland said the biggest challenge was learning to operate within the European air traffic control system. Operators and maintainers faced an additional challenge: three different models of the C-130 - E, H1 and H2. Crews and maintainers are certified to work on a particular model. For example, if a C-130E aircraft was scheduled to fly and it broke, a different crew would have to be called in to fly the H1 or H2 model spare aircraft. Calling in the standby crew often affects the next day's schedule if the crew doesn't return before entering the crew rest period for the following day's flight. Phillips said the experience level of both operators and maintainers helped them deal with those kinds of challenges. "Many of the pilots have over 3,000 hours in the C-130 plus several thousand hours flying with the airlines," he said. "Some of the maintainers have been working on the same aircraft for 20 years and know the 130 inside out. That experience really shows as they have worked through the night to do major repairs so the aircraft can fly the next day. I really appreciate the support of the Reserve and Guard units and thank each one of them for serving with us." Reserve component support of Delta Ops continues in September with the arrival of replacements from the Alaska and West Virginia National Guard, as well as from the active force at Little Rock AFB, Ark. Back in the Western Hemisphere, reservists and C-130s from the 94th AW, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., and Peterson's 302nd AW will go to Muniz ANG Base, Puerto Rico, in September to support the ongoing Coronet Oak mission. Next summer, the Reserve will ask hundreds more reservists to volunteer for Operation Joint Forge duty. (Courtesy of AFRC News Service from a 908th AW news release) 001335. Air Force trainer crashes, aircrew safely ejects RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- A T-6 Texan II, assigned to the 12th Flying Training Wing, crashed just south of San Antonio at approximately 4:50 p.m. Aug 31. The aircrew was on an aircraft familiarization flight and conducting instrument procedures at the time of the accident. The two crew members, Major Todd A. Black and Lieutenant Colonel Michael B. McGinty, ejected safely from the aircraft. They were transported to Willford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, for treatment of minor injuries. There were no civilian injuries or damage to structures on the ground. It was the first major aircraft accident for the 12th Flying Training Wing in nearly two decades. Randolph aircrews had logged more than 1,350,000 major-accident-free flying hours since a T-38A Talon crashed in southeast San Antonio on 10 December 1981. Both crewmembers also ejected safely in that incident. As a result of this most recent accident, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command announced that the T-6 Texan II will be stood down for an indeterminate period of time, during the accident investigation by a board of military officers. The T-6 Texan II is slated to eventually replace the T-37 "Tweet" as the primary trainer for Air Force and Navy aviation students. Twelve of the aircraft are currently assigned to Randolph AFB. Randolph is the first base to begin using the T-6, training 12th Flying Training Wing members and pilot instructor students. Moody AFB, Ga., will be the next base to make the transition, tentatively scheduled to take place late next year. In addition to Randolph and Moody, the Air Force will fly the new trainer at Laughlin AFB and Sheppard AFB, Texas, Vance AFB, Okla., and Columbus AFB, Miss. The Navy T-6s will be stationed at Naval Air Station Whiting Field and Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., and Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas. The Air Force will receive 372 of the aircraft and the Navy will get 339. An additional 29 T-6s will be used in the joint Air Force and Navy undergraduate navigator training program. Produced by Raytheon Aircraft Company, aircraft production is expected to last through 2014. The T-6 is a single-engine, two-seat aircraft built on an all-aluminum frame. Stepped-tandem seating in the single cockpit places one crewmember in front of the other, with the student pilot in the front seat and the instructor in the rear. A single pilot may also fly the aircraft from the front seat. Power comes from a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68 turbo-prop engine that delivers 1,100 horsepower. The aircraft is 33.3 feet long with a wingspan of 33.4 feet. Its tail height is 10.6 feet. The T-6 has a maximum takeoff weight of 6,500 pounds. The aircraft is fully aerobatic and has an anti-G force system. 001335a.gif and 001335a.jpg The T-6 Texan II is a joint-service primary flight trainer that is replacing the Air Force and Navy's aging fleets of trainers. Produced by Raytheon Aircraft Company, the T-6 primarily is used to train entry-level Air Force and Navy aviation students. (Photo by Charles Perez) 001341. MTMC moves closer to commercial freight test ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AFPN) -- A single commercial firm may soon be managing a portion of the Department of Defense's commercial freight. The Military Traffic Management Command is rapidly moving ahead with a one-year pilot to test the concept. A contracting board is reviewing bids from commercial firms who seek to manage all military freight in the three-state region of Florida, Georgia and Alabama. "There has been great commercial interest in the project," said Frank Galluzzo, project manager. "We are certainly seeing that in the bids." Many large commercial shippers are using third-party logistic firms, or 3PLs, to handle many of their shipping needs, he said. "This test is the Department of Defense's first venture into the 3PL arena." Selection of a single commercial carrier will be in the immediate future, said Galluzzo. MTMC plans to run a pilot to determine the effectiveness of a commercial firm managing all military freight shipments in the three-state region which originates an estimated 50,000 shipments annually. The military is anticipating the commercial carrier -- using the latest automation systems -- will provide more efficient and visible cargo movements, said Galluzzo. Bids for the contract closed Aug. 15. At a preproposal conference June 6 in Atlanta, 36 companies expressed an interest in the pilot. The three-state southeast region was selected because it contains installations of all the military services, the Defense Logistics Agency and a MTMC port. The Third-Party Logistics pilot is part of Management Reform Memorandum #15, which is designed to streamline freight shipments through the greater use of commercial transportation systems and processes. Bidders have been asked to submit a small-business plan, a concept of operations and a plan for meeting surge cargo in a contingency. Bids will be evaluated on a best value basis -- considering cost and operational capability to meet Department of Defense shipping requirements. (Courtesy of Military Traffic Management Command Public Affairs). 001339. DOD, Services work to expand child care by Linda D. Kozaryn American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- The Defense Department's child care program may be hailed as the model for the nation, but family policy officials here are determined to make the best even better. About half of all military families have one or more children below school age, according to DOD officials, and in 60 percent of these families, both parents work. Currently, DOD meets about 58 percent of the need for child care. Individually, the Air Force is at 57 percent; Army, 61 percent; Navy, 55 percent; and Marine Corps, 58 percent. "Right now, we need about 20,000 spaces to achieve our interim goal of 65 percent by 2003," said Carolee Van Horn, a program analyst in DOD's Office of Children and Youth. DOD's ultimate goal is to achieve 80 percent by 2005, she said. When people know their children are getting quality child care, "they're more apt to perform better on the job, which then leads to mission readiness," she said. Family readiness is now recognized as vital to military readiness, she said. Today there are more than 800 military child development centers worldwide, including school-age care centers, and more than 9,000 family child care homes. Over the past six years, DOD has added substantial funding to child care programs for subsidies and improvements to facilities. "All of the services are committed to expanding the availability of quality care by sharing best practices and exploring options such as expanding home-based care for infants and toddlers," she said. Home-based care is "the largest untapped portion of our child care program," according to Bernard D. Rostker, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness. "We must put the same focus and creativity in increasing the in-home care system as we have done for our much-sought-after child care centers," he said. Van Horn, Rostker and other DOD and service officials discussed efforts to expand child care at the DOD Family Readiness Conference in Phoenix, Ariz., Aug. 22 to 24. Rostker was instrumental in improving the Navy's child care program as a former assistant secretary of the Navy for manpower and reserve affairs. At that time, rather than continue focusing on costly center-based care, he tasked the Navy to shift the youngest children to home-based care and move 3- to 5-year-olds to center-based care. Similar changes today in all the services, he said, would be both cost effective for the military and good for the children. Increasing the number of spaces in family child care homes would help meet the shortage of child care and provide employment opportunities for spouses, he said. DOD officials estimate the annual appropriated-fund share of infant care costs in a child development center is about $7,000 per child, compared to about $2,400 for subsidized home-based care. Waiting lists for child development centers exist throughout the military. This is partially because parents' fees for center-based care are often much lower than for home-based care. The services currently subsidize all child development centers, but only some family care homes. Providing subsidies for home-based care would help meet DOD's need for child care, Rostker said. Within the Air Force, more than 3,000 homes on 80 Air Force bases worldwide provide family child care for children aged 2 weeks to 14 years. In partnership with the Air Force Aide Society, family support program officials have initiated several programs to meet some of the special child care needs of Air Force families. "The relief society has been very generous in supporting our child development programs because they see a direct link between child care availability and financial stability," said Beverly Schmalzried, chief of the Air Force Service Family Member Program at the Pentagon. "They know how important it is to families in being able to meet their financial obligations." Retention of family child care providers is a major problem, Schmalzried said. "Unless providers have customers, they won't stay in business." The Family Child Care for Volunteers Program is aimed at helping home-based family care providers develop a customer base. Free care is provided for children of family members who volunteer in on-base support activities such as the family support center, legal assistance office or Red Cross. The volunteers program is a good way of linking people who need child care and people who want to provide child care, she said. "We pay them at a higher rate than we would normally pay for hourly care. In some cases, we guarantee them income, so they know that they're going to have income whether they have any volunteers show up or not." Last year, she said, the Air Force spent about $200,000 purchasing care in family child care homes for volunteers. The Family Child Care for Permanent Change of Station Program is another Air Force effort. Parents E-5 and below are eligible for 20 hours of free care per child in a family child care home when they depart their duty station and another 20 hours when they arrive at a new base. Almost all Air Force bases participate in the PCS program, she said. "This is an excellent way for our family child care providers to get new customers," Schmalzried said. Providers receive "a higher rate because they have hourly care children who can be more challenging, and we want them to save space for these children as opposed to full day children." Another initiative aims to help parents obtain child care beyond the usual 50 hours most people purchase in a center, family child care home or off-base center. Two providers at each installation are being contracted to provide extended-duty child care, Schmalzried said. "We've been testing this program at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., for about nine months. We're now testing it at an additional five bases. We'll be ready to roll this out to all bases by February 2001. "At MacDill, where we were buying about 80 hours of care a week for extended- duty usage, only about half of it got used. But having it available is very important to families. One of the concepts we're testing here is the guaranteed income to the providers regardless of whether or not they have customers. We think that's important in looking at long-term retention of providers. Air Force agencies such as family support centers and parent education classes are also authorized to offer on-site child care, Schmalzried said. Three conditions are required: Parents must remain in the building; care must be provided by volunteers; and no funds are exchanged between the parents and the agency. "We also have some fitness centers that are trying some new concepts of having fitness and hourly care within the same room. The parents maintain responsibility for their own children," Schmalzried added. Air Force parents who need a break from parenting can take advantage of the Give Parents a Break Program which offers free, center-based care once or twice a month in the evening or on weekends. Nearly 80 bases participate in what Schmalzried dubbed "a real parent pleaser" program. 001343. Weather Channel meteorologist trains at Ellsworth by Airman Jennifer A. Johnson 28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. (AFPN) -- If you've watched the Weather Channel recently you may have noticed a missing person during the weekend evening forecasts. That's because Tech. Sgt. Lisa Mozer, an on-camera meteorologist at the Weather Channel and an Air Force Reservist, spent Aug. 14 to 25 completing her active-duty training at the 28th Operations Support Squadron Weather Flight. Mozer said she considers herself fortunate to come to Ellsworth because it provides her with a closer look at the unique weather in the northern plains. "One of my biggest challenges as a forecaster at Ellsworth is the wind," she said. "The geography in South Dakota takes some getting used to because the mountains to the west and the plains to the east provide rapid increases and decreases in the wind speed and temperature." Maj. Randall Bass, 28th OSS Weather Flight commander, said the knowledge Mozer gained about the Black Hills and its weather patterns will transfer well to her job at the Weather Channel. "The training she received here will help her better understand how the Black Hills affect the weather in this part of the country," the major said. "She definitely learned more about this area, which she'll use when she's on the air." Mozer said the training will not only help her understand the weather patterns in the Black Hills, but will keep her competitive in forecasting. "Because forecasting weather is a science that will continue to improve and be modified, people have to continue their education to stay competitive and flexible." Mozer added that both her jobs provide unique and challenging opportunities to perfect and hone her weather forecasting skills. "Broadcasting for the general public is very different than briefing a pilot who has a mission that's going to take him half-way across the country," she said. "My training in the Air Force is strictly customer oriented. Our biggest customer here is the B-1B, so when I'm here that's my main mission and what I focus on." (Courtesy of ACC News Service) 001334. September issue of Airman now available SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AFPN) -- An elite corps of airmen endures two-years of world travel, competition and working out. Their efforts could earn America medals in the 2000 Olympics, and their efforts always pay off by displaying the service's sharpest asset -- very skilled people. 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