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Senior leader retirements, assignments
The following are senior leaders in ACC who scheduled to retire: Maj. Gen. Kenneth M. Decuir, Air Combat Command vice commander, Langley AFB, Va. Col. Harvey L. Hammond Jr., 98th Operations Group commander, Nellis AFB, Nev. The following are senior leaders in ACC who have been selected for assignment: Maj. Gen. Stephen M. Goldfein, Air Force
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7/14
2006
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ACC releases details on Shaw F-16 crash
An F-16CJ pilot ejected from his aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean Apr. 5, 2006 after experiencing a Gravity-Induced Loss of Consciousness and awaking to find his aircraft in an unrecoverable dive, according to an Air Combat Command report released today. The pilot suffered serious injuries during the high-speed ejection, which took place while the
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7/11
2006
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Weasel shakes Shaw Airmen
Shaw pilots and ground players honed their combat skills last week during a large force-employment flying exercise called Dynamic Weasel 06-2. About 70 fighter, attack, helicopter and command and control aircraft including F-16CJ, A-10, F/A-18, F-15C, EA-6B, UH-60, AH-64, E-8C, E-3 and RC-135 participated in the exercise June 29-30. Dynamic Weasel
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7/07
2006
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Pilots get bird's eye view Discovery launch
Pilots from the 58th Fighter Squadron had front-row tickets to one of the hottest fireworks shows in the country when they were flying top cover for the NASA's launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery at Cape Canaveral, Fla., on July 4. Maj. Timothy Luce and Capt. Tim Monroe, both pilots with the 58th FS, were flying in support of the Discovery
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7/07
2006
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Brig. Gen. Gorenc best in Air Combat Command
Before Brig. Gen. Frank Gorenc relinquished command of the 332d Air Expeditionary Wing here July 5, he found that his bittersweet day had an unexpected extra. During the ceremony's opening, Lt. Gen. Gary North, commander of U.S. Central Command Air Forces, announced that General Gorenc had won the Joseph A. Moller Award. "No commander has done it
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7/07
2006
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Barkesdale NCO convicted of negligent homicide
A panel of officer and enlisted Airmen found a Barksdale senior NCO guilty of negligent homicide and careless driving during a three-day special court-martial that ended here June 15. The court sentenced Master Sgt. Kenneth Sciara, 2nd Maintenance Squadron, to 30 days confinement, forfeiture of $100 pay per month for nine months, a reduction in
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7/05
2006
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Holloman NCO nabs Airman of the year
A noncommissioned officer at Holloman AFB, N.M., is one of 12 Airmen who won the Air Force Outstanding Airmen of the Year Award. Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Hansen, 49th Civil Engineer Squadron, received a call from Gen. Ronald Keys, commander of Air Combat Command, June 12, informing him of the outstanding award. "It's a huge honor to get an award like
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7/05
2006
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Air Force changes network operations structure
The Air Force reorganized its network operations structure on Wednesday, July 5, to better support the warfighter. The move puts all Air Force units charged with network operations under the command of a single commander, Lt. Gen. Robert Elder, 8th Air Force and Air Force Network Operations commander at Barksdale AFB, La. Previously network
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7/05
2006
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Moody home to AOY third consecutive year
Among the service's more than 270, 000 enlisted people, a Moody Airman has been named one of the 12 elite for the third consecutive year. Senior Airman Polly-Jan Bobseine, 823rd Security Forces Squadron, was selected as one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year based on her battlefield experience combined with a perpetually positive attitude.
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6/30
2006
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Senior leader retirements, assignments
The following are senior leaders in ACC who have been selected for assignment:Maj. Gen. Timothy C. Jones, ACC director, plans and programs, Langley AFB, Va., will become Air Force special assistant to the deputy chief of staff, strategic plans and programs, Washington D.C. Brig. Gen. Mark T. Matthews Air Force Institute Of Technology, Air Education
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6/30
2006
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