The Air Force is training more mobility personnel on the new Joint Precision Air Drop System, which employs Global Positioning System navigation signals to deliver cargo bundles at higher altitudes and away from ground fire. An Air Mobility Command JPADS mobile training team, led by John Hayes, recently descended upon the Idaho Air National Guard’s Gowen Field near Boise, where its is training Air Guardsmen from Idaho, Kentucky, and New York. JPADS has been used successfully in both Afghanistan and Iraq combat operations.
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,…