Air University honored the first group of graduates of the Air Force’s Associate-to-Baccalaureate Cooperative (ABC) program on April 22 by presenting a plaque of recognition to SSgt. Lisa Kilpatrick, an Airman Leadership School instructor from Eglin AFB, Fla., who was one of the first to complete her ABC degree. Lt. Gen. Allen Peck, AU commander, and Tito Guerreo, AU board of visitors chair, presented Kilpatrick with the plaque during a luncheon at the officers club at Maxwell AFB, Ala. The ABC program allows graduates of the Community College of the Air Force to apply a majority of their credits towards a bachelor’s degree. (AETC photo caption by Melanie Rodgers Cox)
The Air Force and Boeing agreed to a nearly $2.4 billion contract for a new lot of KC-46 aerial tankers on Nov. 21. The deal, announced by the Pentagon, is for 15 new aircraft in Lot 11 at a cost of $2.389 billion—some $159 million per tail.