Lt. Gen. Chip Utterback, 13th Air Force boss, caught up on the details of the 36th Contingency Response Group’s planned expansion and the relocation of two Pacific Air Force contingency training courses when he visited the 36th at Andersen AFB, Guam, reports A1C Dainel Owen. The 554th RED HORSE is moving from Osan AB, Korea, to Andersen to merge with the 36th CRG. The 644th Combat Communications Squadron will stand up to join the 36th CRG soon. The squadron is projected to have two complete teams—growing from 16 to 75 personnel—by late December 2007. And, the bare-base build-up Silver Flag course at Kadena AB, Japan, is set to move to Andersen, as is the Commando Warrior ground defense school at Osan.
Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, nominee to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Defense Department needs to upgrade its electronic warfare capability and its EW training ranges; just as his predecessor said at his own confirmation hearing.