A Nov. 15 Air Force Reserve Command news release identified the first airmen to complete the new C-5 Formal Training Unit program at Kelly Field, Lackland AFB, Tex.—flight engineer SrA. Raymond Montanino and pilots 1st Lt. Paul Sloan and 2nd Lt. Blair Preston. AFRC instructors at Kelly provided the practical flight training side of C-5 indoctrination for active duty Montanino and Air National Guardsmen Sloan and Preston. The Air Force is slowly transferring C-5 ground and air training from Altus AFB, Okla., to Kelly and expects to have all training conducted by AFRC’s 433rd Airlift Wing at Kelly by the end of Fiscal 2007.
Hypersonic ARRW Readied for Booster Flight
March 8, 2021
An AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon hypersonic missile is being readied for its first booster flight at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., the Air Force announced March 5. The missile that flies within the next month will not be an all-up round. Instead, the test will run the missile through…