The greening of the Air Force has spread to West Texas, where the 17th Training Wing at Goodfellow Air Force Base plans to construct a 1.5 mega watt photovoltaic plant. Mike Noret, the base’s civil engineer, told the Daily Report that Goodfellow’s “peak load in the winter time might go up to about two mega watts; [in the] summer time that size of a plant would probably take care of half of our load.” The Texas base is just beginning its foray into greening, developing a statement of work with prospective contractors in preparation for a request for proposals.
A record investment in research and development by the Department of the Air Force will help the United States win the long-term technology race with China, even while shrinking the fleet size before a possible mid-decade Taiwan contingency, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said May 17. “With the Air Force,…