The Take Back the Air Guard group also has taken exception to the Air Force’s Future Total Force initiative to station active duty airmen with the Guard in Burlington, where they can gain experience working with seasoned Guardsmen. The group claims it’s an undercover way to turn the ANG facility into an active duty base. Just when we thought that most folks were unhappy when base closure action took away their facilities.
The Air Force on March 12 awarded contract modifications worth a combined $2.4 billion to Boeing to procure an undisclosed number of E-7 Wedgetail as part of the program's engineering and manufacturing development phase and continue work on the airborne battle management aircraft’s radar.