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airmen are participating in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, according to Air Force Personnel Center officials. Capt. Seth Kelsey, a supply officer with Air Force Reserve Command’s 310th Force Support Squadron at Buckley AFB, Colo., will compete in men’s individual epee fencing. Kelsey starts his medal quest on Aug. 1 when he faces China’s Li Guojie, according to the official summer games website. Meanwhile, Capt. Justin Dumais, an F-16 pilot with the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 157th Fighter Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, qualified as an alternate in the men’s three-meter synchronized springboard diving event, according to AFPC. That competition is scheduled for Aug. 1, with Dumais’ younger brother Troy a member of the US duo in that event. Kelsey, the Air Force’s top male athlete of 2011, is making his third Olympic appearance after participating in the 2004 and 2008 games. Dumais took sixth place in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens in the men’s three-meter synchronized springboard competition. (JBSA-Randolph report by TSgt. Steve Grever) (Follow the other US military Olympians at the Pentagon’s special website.)
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.