The Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency plans to name its headquarters building at Lackland AFB, Tex., for retired Maj. Gen. Doyle Larson, who was the first commander of Electronic Security Command. Larson started his Air Force career in 1951, training as a Russian linguist. He served for 32 years in various staff and command positions in the communications security and intelligence arena, finally commanding Air Force Security Service and overseeing its transition into ESC, a major command. Larson served as Air Force Association National President (1996-98) and Chairman of the Board (1998-2000). (The dedication took place July 27.)
The Air Force accepted its first new TPY-4 radar from Lockheed Martin and will start government-led testing of the system, the contractor announced April 7. It's the latest in a series of milestones for the service’s ground-based command-and-control enterprise.