The Florida Air National Guard plans a ribbon cutting ceremony on June 1 to formally open the new state of the art, $30 million air operations center at Tyndall AFB, Fla. The ANG’s 601st Air Operations Group will manage the 37,000-square-foot facility, dubbed America’s AOC, which provides air tasking orders and strategic direction for the Continental US NORAD region. Switching from the Southeast Air Defense Sector mission to the AOC mission was the culmination of about four years work.
Lt. Gen. Stephen L. Davis, the Department of the Air Force’s top internal watchdog, has been nominated to lead Air Force Global Strike Command, which oversees the service’s bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles.