JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Information you may find useful for the upcoming UTA
477th Fighter Group Key Leader Potential Commander’s Call Topics, October 2016
►CURRENT ISSUES/Events
Air staff closes out AFA conference with Q&A on everything from F-22s to promotions
Nearly the entire air staff of the Air Force took to the stage Wednesday to close out the annual Air Force Association conference with a rapid-fire Q&A. Here are some of the highlights.
This Is The Future Of The Air Force Reserve
Lt. Gen. Maryanne Miller was just named commander of the Air Force Reserve. This is what she wants for its future.
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
While most people are aware of breast cancer, many forget to take the steps to have a plan to detect the disease in its early stages and encourage others to do the same.
Goldfein: Air Force Must ‘Redefine Our 21st Century Squadron
“I believe it is at the squadron level where we succeed or fail as an Air Force,” Goldfein said. “It’s where our culture resides. We are a service where, five minutes into any conversation, we say, ‘I’m a Bulldog,’ or ‘I’m a this or I’m a that.’ It’s where airmen are developed. It’s where training and innovation occurs.”
Goldfein's gambit: Former Air Force chiefs weigh in on his ambitious plans
New Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein’s plans to overhaul the structure of squadrons, improve command and control, and strengthen how the service develops joint leaders are on the right track, former Air Force leaders say, but turning them into reality could be tricky.
How the Air Force is scrambling to head off an exodus of fighter pilots
After devoting eight years of his life to the Air Force, John Weigand was tired.
Research analysts develop F-22 efficiency tool
When the US Air Force first announced its plans to divest the A-10 Warthog in the fiscal 2015 budget, the service may not have had enough quality information to truly understand the impact of that decision, a new Government Accountability Office report contends.
GAO: Air Force should match fighter training to emerging threats
Maintenance and high deployment rates are among the issues keeping Air Force combat fighter squadrons from meeting annual training requirements, according to a federal audit released Monday.
Air Force milestones in the joint fight
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Operation Provide Promise to Bosnia/Herzegovina was the longest sustained humanitarian airlift in history.
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123rd CRG became the first contingency response group in the Air National Guard that is fully capable of operating a Joint Task Force-Port Opening.
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Operation Guardian Retrieval, USAF aircraft evacuated U.S. citizens and other foreigners from Zaire.
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E-8C JSTARS completed 100 thousand combat hours (equivalent to 11.4 years of continuous flight).
►COMING UP IN AIR FORCE HISTORY
477th Fighter Group Birthday
Oct. 2, 2007 - At Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, Air Force Reserve officials activated the first F-22 Raptor unit, the 477th Fighter Group. The day also honored the 477th Fighter Group’s and the 302nd Fighter Squadron’s fabled heritage and their connection to the Tuskegee Airmen. September 10, 1965 - The USAF launched the first Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) weather satellite, which enabled the Air Weather Service to gather global weather data.
Oct. 5, 1905 – At Dayton, Ohio, Orville Wright flew the Wright III, the first practical airplane, to a world distance and duration record of 24.2 miles in 38 minutes, three seconds
Oct. 6, 1975 – During Project Coin, C-130s delivered 7,597 tons of critical supplies and over two million gallons of petroleum products to Alaska at Point Barrow, Lonely, Okiktok and Barter Island lasting through Dec. 2. Contract aircraft flew another 453.8 tons of oversize steel pipe from Elmendorf AFB to Lonely and 2,981.5 tons of supplies from Lonely to Point Barrow.
►MORE RESOURCES
• Early Bird Brief:
http://link.defensenews.com/
• 477 FG Phone Directory_1 Aug 2016 (CAC Enabled)
https://jber.eim.elmendorf.af.mil/OtherUnits/477FG/477%20FG%20QUICK%20REFERENCE%20STAFF%20DIRECTORY/Forms/AllItems.aspx
• JBER Life Magazine
http://www.jberlife.com/
• Airman magazine
http://www.airmanonline.af.mil/
• Military OneSource/HomeFront
http://militaryonesource.mil/
• Air Reserve Personnel Center
http://www.arpc.afrc.af.mil/
• Air Force Association Scholarships
http://www.afa.org/AFA/InformationFor/Military/Scholarships