WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! 001370. Joint experimentation provides effective look at the future HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- Joint Expeditionary Forces Experiment 2000 kicked off Sept 5 at various U.S. locations. The experiment will continue through Sept. 15. The primary objective of JEFX '00 is to assess Air Force operations using new technology and capabilities in a simulated warfighting environment. That means meeting the evolving needs of the Expeditionary Aerospace Force of the 21st century. The wide scope of the experiment calls for a large supporting cast, as more than 3,000 military participants at 12 sites across the nation will be helping to discover better ways to accomplish Air Force missions in a joint/combined environment. The three main operating locations for JEFX '00 are Langley Air Force Base, Va., Hurlburt Field, Fla., and Nellis AFB. Nev. The majority of the 250-plus aircraft sorties will be flown over the Nellis ranges. In addition to a wide variety of Air Force aircraft taking part, other services' will be providing some aircraft includinig the U.S. Army's AH-64, the U.S. Marine Corps' F-18, and the U.S. Navy's A-3. JEFX '00 is the third annual large-scale Air Force experiment combining actual aircraft sorties, or "live-fly forces"; models; simulations; and technology insertion to explore and evaluate new processes. While that may seem like a mouthful, Col. Kevin Dunleavy, the director of JEFX '00 here, sums it up more succinctly. "Air Force experimentation provides both near- and long-term benefits for our warfighters," said Dunleavy. "It provides a means to assess new technologies and operational concepts, allows warfighter involvement early in the acquisition process and produces better informed investment decisions." The main focus of this year's experiment is to look at innovative means of providing agile combat support to aerospace expeditionary forces. As such, the JEFX will explore future capabilities to enable the commander of Air Force forces and his staff to sustain and protect AEFs in a coalition environment. Other areas being looked at during JEFX '00 are time-critical targeting, air mobility, joint battlespace infosphere, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance battle management. Planners for the experiment stress the difference between an experiment and an exercise, noting that the main point is to learn, not to train. They emphasize that JEFX is a discovery process that integrates new and emerging technologies, solves deficiencies and provides advanced capabilities. It is not an exercise, test or technology demonstration. The joint service environment is a key ingredient in the process, as the experiment also serves as the Air Force's contribution to Millennium Challenge '00 -- the Joint Force Command's first major-leveraged joint experiment. 001370a.gif and 001370a.jpg The Combined Air Operations Center at Hurlburt Field, Fla., serves as the main hub for Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment '00, which began Sept. 5 and continues until Sept. 15. JEFX '00 involves more than 3000 participants at 12 sites across the nation. (Photo by Senior Airman Lee Rogers) 001368. FAA investigates possible near miss report EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFPN) -- The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a United Airlines report of a possible near miss near Los Angeles Sept. 7 at about 8:43 a.m. involving a United 757 and an Air Force F-117 Nighthawk assigned to the 410th Flight Test Squadron here. The 410th reports to the 412th Test Wing at Edwards, but flies out of Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, Calif. The F-117, on a training flight, was not in stealth configuration and was flying according to FAA rules. The F-117 has a standard transponder to alert other aircraft of its presence. Both aircraft continued their flights and landed safely. 001372. U.S. Air Force showcasing air power in South Africa by Tech. Sgt. Joe Bela USAFE News Service AIR FORCE BASE WATERKLOOF, South Africa (AFPN) -- Ten U.S. Air Force planes and 125 airmen have traveled to this South African air force base to participate in the South African international air show that is being held Sept. 8-9. Secretary of Defense William Cohen approved Air Force participation at the two-day event in response to a request made by the South African minister of defense. The U.S. presence is expected to strengthen defense relationships between both countries. Air Force participation in the air show marks the second time this year that American forces have visited South Africa. U.S. troops were deployed here in March for Operation Atlas Response when the international community came together to provide humanitarian assistance for victims of flooding in neighboring Mozambique. "Our visit here shows the level of support that the United States wants to lend to the South African government," said Col. Pat McVay, commander of Air Force forces deployed to South Africa. "I think it's important that we show our support to the South African government and to our fellow airmen in the South African Air Force who helped us during Atlas Response," said McVay, who is also vice commander of the 100th Air Refueling Wing at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. The air show marks the 80th anniversary of the South African Air Force and features U.S. fighters, bombers, transport planes and air refueling aircraft from U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Air Combat Command, Air Mobility Command, and Air Force Reserve Command. Two of the highlights of the show are the appearance of a B-1B Lancer from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., and an F-16 aerial demonstration. The B-1B is making its first appearance in sub-Saharan Africa. An aerial demonstration pilot from Misawa Air Base, Japan, will be flying the Fighting Falcon. U.S. Air Force planes at the air show also include the F-15E Strike Eagle from RAF Lakenheath, England; a C-17 Globemaster transport plane from Charleston AFB, S.C.; a KC-135 Stratotanker from RAF Mildenhall; and an Air Force Reserve KC-10 Extender from McGuire AFB, N.J. A C-130 Hercules from Little Rock AFB, Ark., on a 90-day rotation to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, is also on display. McVay said the event is giving South Africans the chance to see how the U.S. Air Force does things. "It's amazing to see how members of the other air forces watch what we do," said McVay. "The other day, our people were doing minor maintenance on an F-16 and unloading a KC-10. These are fairly mundane tasks for our airmen, but we do them so well, and so professionally, and so safely, that there were literally 100 people out there watching us. They want to learn. They want to do it the way the U.S. Air Force does it. "The South African Air Force has some excellent capabilities with some of the airplanes and helicopters that they're flying here," McVay said. "Just the fact that we're here working with them can make them better, and then again, there is always something we can learn from them." An appreciation for the U.S. Air Force can also be seen on the tarmac, among the civilian spectators who crowd around the static displays, eager to see American aerospace technology, said McVay. "It's a nice feeling out here when you walk around and people say, 'They're good; they're United States Air Force,'" he said. (Courtesy of USAFE News Service) 001372a.gif and 001372a.jpg Spectators at the South African international air show have a chance to see various U.S. Air Force aircraft up close Sept. 8 at Air Force Base Waterkloof in Pretoria, South Africa. The air show marks the 80th anniversary of the South African Air Force. U.S. attendance at the air show is expected to strengthen the bilateral defense relationship between both countries. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Joe Bela) 001372b.gif and 001372b.jpg Spectators at the South African international air show look at an F-15E Strike Eagle from the 494th Fighter Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, and a C-17 Globemaster from the 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., Sept. 8 at Air Force Base Waterkloof in Pretoria, South Africa. The U.S. aircraft are on display at the event, marking the 80th anniversary of the South African Air Force. U.S. attendance at the air show is expected to strengthen the bilateral defense relationship between both countries. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Joe Bela) 001372c.gif and 001372c.jpg Many spectators at the South African international air show get their first look at a B-1B Lancer Sept. 8 at Air Force Base Waterkloof in Pretoria, South Africa. The B-1B bomber, from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., is one of 10 U.S. planes on display at the event that marks the 80th anniversary of the South African Air Force. U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen authorized the deployment of the aircraft and the 125 airmen from U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Air Combat Command, Air Mobility Command and Air Force Reserve Command to support the event. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Joe Bela) 001372d.gif and 001372d.jpg Tech. Sgt. Louis Andre, a weapons specialist with the 22nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, answers questions about the F-16 put forth by members of the South African Air Force's Task Force Mobile Deployment Wing, 500th Squadron, Sept. 7 at Air Force Base Waterkloof in Pretoria, South Africa. The South African airmen worked alongside U.S. service members in March during Operation Atlas Response. The international operation delivered aid to flood victims in Mozambique. Andre is one of 125 U.S. airmen and 10 U.S. planes deployed to Waterkloof for the South African international air show, which takes place Sept. 8-9. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Joe Bela) 001371. Edwards becomes more agile to improve flight-testing by Ray Johnson Air Force Flight Test Center Public Affairs EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFPN) -- To remain a prominent leader in flight-testing and to continue meeting the warfighter's needs, the 412th Test Wing is looking to become more agile. For many people, agility means adapting or responding to change. But it goes deeper than that. It means having an enterprise-wide strategy for being competitive during change, which is an ever-increasing notion of today's business world. Moreover, agility means anticipating shifts and, therefore, being proactive. It's a strategy for competitiveness in era of accelerated transformations. "An agile organization can sense the future and then very quickly react to accommodate such changes as they happen," said Col. Perry Lamy, commander of the 412th Test Wing. Plus, those who do test and evaluation work simply no longer can wait and then adjust, Lamy stressed. "You need to create an organization that is agile now," the colonel said. "The future requires for us to adapt before changes occur; waiting increases cycle time that is longer than the warfighter is willing or able to wait." The 412th TW can predict some of those changes by deciding where the Department of Defense and the Air Force are headed program wise, said Dennis Hines, who works reengineering practices for Lamy. One way is by reviewing the newly published Air Force Vision 2020 and the Department of Defense's Vision 2020. "If you read those two documents, you clearly can see where the U.S. military is going operational wise," Hines explained. And where is the Air Force going? A service that provides global vigilance, reach and power. A service that in the 21st century will need the F-22 Raptor, the Joint Strike Fighter, the CV-22, and the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle. And with agility, the 412th TW and the Air Force Flight Test Center can take such information and make the moves necessary to remain competitive in the flight-test world. "Currently, we are the only ones who can properly test such huge, complex systems," Lamy said. "But we might have to reconfigure to remain so for the future. That's why we must become an agile organization." According to Rick Dove of the Agility Forum, the agility concept was born in 1991 when an industry group observed that the increasing rate of change in the business environment was outpacing the adaptability of traditional manufacturing organizations. Once-dominant companies were suddenly failing when continuously changing markets and customer interests found new sources of satisfaction. Agility was the word that best described the missing characteristic in those organizations. "They could not adapt at the same pace as their changing environment -- neither to counter a threat nor take advantage of a major opportunity," Dove wrote in "Meaning of Life and the Meaning of Agile." To become agile, an organization must follow the concept's four principles. Along with mastering change, they are enriching the customer, leveraging resources and cooperating to compete. Successful organizations evolve through purposeful strategies using those principles. "They (the principles) are stepping stones needed in reaching an agile state," said Pete Martini of the 412th TW. Indeed, agility uses these tools to further competitiveness in the face of change. Once there, however, organizations still must match products and services to what the customer wants to remain successful. For the 412th TW, that means continued support to the warfighter. >From a business viewpoint, that also means the 412th TW wants to apply the "Number One, Number Two" philosophy Jack Welsh used at General Electric. Simply put, Welsh believed that GE should concentrate on those things it did best, along with divesting itself of those product lines that others could do better. "We need to concentrate on what we do best," Hines said. "And in some cases that might mean letting work go somewhere else. But that will free up resources for us to take on even more advanced projects." 001371a.gif and 001371a.jpg To continue testing aircraft such as Boeing's X-32 Joint Strike Fighter, the 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., is becoming more agile. To remain competitive in an ever-changing business, the 412th TW will need to remain proactive. (Courtesy of Boeing) 001367. USAFE, DODDS to test school board concept in Europe RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AFPN) - Six U.S. Air Forces in Europe bases will establish school boards under a two-year test program that will give parents an alternative role to voice their concerns about their childrens' education in the Department of Defense Dependents Schools system. USAFE received Department of Defense approval Sept. 1 to create the boards, which will replace installation advisory councils during the test period. School boards will give power of the vote to parents, who will elect their own school board members, separate from the school advisory committees. School principals, the district superintendent and the installation commander will serve on the boards as non-voting participants. The school boards can make recommendations to installation commanders, district superintendents and principals on education issues ranging from support services and school meal programs to transportation and student standards of discipline. "School boards present a new avenue for parents to improve the local schools," said Dr. Susan Kelly, of the DODDS liaison office at USAFE headquarters. "They can impact the decisions of school administrators and installation leadership that will effect students across the installation. Parents can send strong messages to the top military and DODDS leadership." School boards will bring parents, principals, installation commanders and district superintendents together for discussions and resolutions to parent concerns, she added. The test bases are: Royal Air Force Alconbury, England; Aviano Air Base, Italy; Incirlik AB, Turkey; RAF Lakenheath, England; Spangdahlem AB; Germany; and Ramstein. Each test base has the school board operating guidelines. Communities have until Oct. 15 to elect school board members. Individuals interested in running for office can contact their local school liaison officer. (Courtesy of USAFE News Service) 001369. DOD to assess youth support by Linda D. Kozaryn American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Drugs, alcohol, sex, gangs, puberty, peer pressure, school violence -- it's not easy being a teen. Add frequent moves, deployments and other factors unique to military life and you get what military family program specialists call "teens at risk." Almost 300,000 of the military's 1.2 million children are between the ages of 12 and 18, according to Carolee Van Horn, a child and youth program analyst with DOD's Office of Children and Youth, Military Community and Family Policy here. A 1997 DOD survey of about 7,000 military teens showed they'd moved five times on average. "That's got to be a stressor, Van Horn said. "Being separated from your parents and friends, living in overseas communities -- these are all above and beyond what civilian youth go through." The survey also found that half the surveyed military youth were interested in, or at least considering, joining the military. "When we do things for our youth, we're really investing in the future, in our military workforce," Van Horn said. Family program specialists from throughout the military discussed teens issues at the DOD Family Readiness Conference in Phoenix in late August. Guest speaker Bill Kearney said teens are in the middle of transitioning "from childhood to adulthood, from dependence to independence." The vice president of teen services for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Kearney said adults often see teens as selfish, moody, lethargic, unpredictable, angry, surly, independent, sullen, manipulative, stubborn, sneaky, scared, argumentative. "That's exactly what my daddy told me," remarked Bull Barnes, the Marine Corps' community support officer at 29 Palms, Calif. No matter what era, he stressed, teens will be teens. "Whenever I get fed up with my son's music," Barnes said, "I have to say, 'Now wait a minute, Bull. The Beatles didn't corrupt you. N'Sync, the Backstreet Boys or whatever he's listening to this week, is probably not going to ruin his life, so just chill. Everything's going to be OK." In many ways, attendees agreed, time has not changed things too much for teens. But, they said, today, more than ever before, deployments separate military youth from their parents. The youth lack the presence of extended family, long-term friends and a sense of community. Teens want their parents to talk with them, said Navy Chaplain (Cmdr.) Dale Parker, Navy Personnel Command, Millington, Tenn. "We don't have to understand everything about all these issues to establish a relationship with our kids," he said. "They can teach us a lot if they trust us and believe we really do want to hear what they're saying. "When kids feel secure at home, a lot of these issues will be taken care of if the parent is really loving the child." Professionals can help, the chaplain added, "but there's no substitute for that mom and dad." According to Military Family Resource Center research, the free time youths have correlates with their misbehavior. A 1997 civilian study found 60 percent of the youth surveyed were home alone two or more hours a day. Most of this unsupervised time occurs after school -- most crimes committed by youth occur within four hours after the school day. Recognizing youths' growing need for support and services, DOD family policy officials developed the Strategic Action Plan for Youth following a DOD conference in 1998. Teens attended that meeting, as did chaplains, medical specialists, family advocacy officials and other family program officials, Van Horn said. "Anyone who's dealt with youth these days knows they're very vocal and very articulate. They made it clear that they didn't want this to be another bureaucratic plan that just gets put on the shelf. They wanted us to move forward with this." DOD then developed 10 objectives to: -- Provide comprehensive youth programs. -- Ensure command support and involvement. -- Promote youth involvement. -- Recognize and support family involvement. -- Develop standard policies. -- Expand partnerships and collaborations. -- Ensure adequate resources. -- Ensure qualified, enthusiastic adults work with youth. -- Promote health services for adolescent growth and development. -- Address the needs of at-risk youth. DOD children and youth officials are now addressing the strategic plan's 10th objective: address the needs of at-risk youth. "We want to be able to provide commanders with strategies to support the well-being of youth and eliminate behavior problems," Van Horn said. DOD's Office of Children and Youth has developed partnerships with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, the Justice Department, DOD schools and the services. An advisory panel has been formed and a community risk assessment tool is being developed for use at overseas locations. "Youth at these bases don't have as many alternatives as those living in the states," Van Horn said. "But we still think this community assessment tool will be applicable to stateside installations as well." DOD's ultimate goals are to provide installation commanders with a snapshot of the state of youth in their community, she said, and to identify possible sources to help identify prevention programs. The immediate goal is to train a joint-service, multidisciplinary team of DOD representatives to conduct the risk assessments, she told conferees. "We're working with a contractor to develop the tool and we're looking for feedback from you that can enhance the process or point out any of the indicators we should be looking for." The pilot assessment will be conducted on first come, first serve basis when requested by an installation commander. "We would like you to help spread the word that this tool will be available in the near future." The plan is to leave the commanding officer with useful information -- observations on what's good, what needs work and strategies for future improvements, Van Horn said. "Anonymity is really important. The only person who will see the final report is the commander at that installation. "It's not an inspection. The goal of the assessment is to help commanders and installation officials recognize the needs of their youth and provide possible strategies the installation may not even know are available. she said. Michael Berger, head of the Children and Youth Programs at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., applauded the development of the assessment tool. He told the group that the Marine Corps recently conducted a week-long teen summit. "We let them identify their issues," he said. 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