Daily Report

July 1, 2015

621st Contingency Response Wing Finalizes Reorganization

The 621st Contingency Response Wing finalized its reorganization during a June 26 capstone ceremony at JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., according to a release. During the month-long reorganization, the wing inactivated four contingency response groups and two contingency operation support groups, located...

Missing Academy Professor Found

Lt. Col. Dave Richie, an Air Force Academy professor who was reported missing on Tuesday, was found injured, but alive on a cliff in Colorado, reported The Gazette. Academy spokesman John Van Winkle told the newspaper a helicopter airlifted Richie,...

Durbin Urges NGA to Locate Near Scott

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is urging the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to relocate to St. Clair County near Scott AFB, Ill., reported Metro-East News. “Land is easily available. We have access to Interstate 64, so we think it’s a strong bid,”...

Legion Pod Completes First Flight Test

Lockheed Martin’s Legion Pod successfully tracked multiple airborne targets during its first flight test aboard an F-16 aircraft flying from the company’s Forth Worth, Texas, facility. The multi-function sensor system, which was integrated on the F-16 “without making any hardware...