Five USAF teams have received Chief of Staff Team Excellence Awards, while six teams earned Best Practice Certificates. The teams, according to USAF officials, used “a systematic approach to enhance mission capability, improve operational performance, and create sustained results.” The team projects ranged from improvements to technical training for ICBM operators to finding and testing a commercial electrical wiring analyzer to more quickly detect the root cause of more than 30 percent of F-15 aircraft discrepancies.
Amid NATO’s continued push to ramp up air defenses in Eastern Europe, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall swung by seven allied countries to boost relations last week, including those on Russia’s and Ukraine’s doorstep.