The Air Force’s 31st Munitions Squadron at Camp Darby, Italy, and the 6th/927th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at MacDill AFB, Fla., were among the winners of Secretary of Defense Maintenance Awards for 2009 announced last week. Each unit won a field-level award in the small-unit category. These annual awards honor outstanding achievements in military equipment and weapon systems maintenance across the Defense Department. The MacDill squadron is a Reserve associate unit comprising active duty airmen from the 6th Air Refueling Wing and Air Force Reserve Command’s 927th ARW. The winners will receive their awards on Oct. 28 at a banquet in Phoenix. (DOD release)
Collaborative Combat Aircraft designs from Anduril and General Atomics passed their critical design reviews early in November, clearing the way for detailed production efforts to get underway, the Air Force said. How future versions will be upgraded is still under discussion.