Warrant Officer 1st Class Krzysztof Gadowski, the Polish air force’s top enlisted advisor, visited Ramstein AB, Germany, for meetings with US Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa officials. The purpose of Gadowski’s Sept. 17-19 visit was to learn more about the Air Force’s enlisted professional military education initiatives, according to a Sept. 27 USAFE-AFAFRICA release. He toured Ramstein’s First Term Airman’s Center, the Kisling Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Airman Leadership School. He observed training sessions and met with enlisted leaders, according to the release. “For many years, we have been working to adopt our NCO system to [the US Air Force model], so that we can make our NCO corps stronger,” said Gadowski. “I really like how you teach leadership to young NCOs,” he said. While the Polish air force already has some courses for senior NCOs, “we need more for our young NCOs,” said Gadowski. (Ramstein report by MSgt. Norris Agnew)
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.