Net-centric weather integration (NCWI) is one of the leading initiatives being tested during the Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment 2006 at Nellis AFB, Nev. The Air Force Weather Agency wants to demonstrate the delivery of critical, time sensitive weather information to the Combined Air and Space Operations Center through Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT)—an Internet-based high speed network. With NCWI, weather is fully integrated into CAOC processes and allows heads-up weather information for operators, said Maj. Dean Carter, the senior weather officer for JEFX 06.
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.