Burg went on to say that he is working hard on Capitol Hill and in other places to dispel the myth that non-deployed service members are not active participants in the Global War on Terror. “That’s absolutely wrong,” Burg says airmen in space operations are key to providing near-time ISR capabilities from platforms such as Global Hawk and Predator UAVs to warfighters in the field and intelligence-gathering operations back home.
Air Force depots are not typically meant for quick repair jobs, but during Operation Epic Fury, the service moved some of its stateside heavy maintenance capability forward to fix battle-damaged aircraft closer to the fight.
