Air
Force officials unveiled a portrait of the late Gen. Bernard Schriever, considered father of USAF’s space and ICBM programs, July 8 at the Pentagon. “[General Schriever] brought us where we are today: preeminent in space,” Gen. Duncan McNabb, vice chief of staff, said during the unveiling ceremony also attended by Schriever’s widow, Joni James, as well as Acting Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and CMSAF Rodney McKinley. Artist Thomas Segars drew the portrait, while Lori Dawson created the portrait display, which will be a permanent fixture in corridor 8 of the Pentagon next to a larger pictorial display highlighting Schriever’s career. (USAF report by SSgt. Monique Randolph)
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.