Airmen deployed to the 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron in Southwest Asia are employing a roll-on communications package, dubbed Mobile Viper System, to aid secure communications for US Central Command top brass and other high-level folks visiting the theater. The package, like another in use in the theater to aid ground communications and called Jackpot, rolls on and off transport aircraft, which for Viper includes potentially either C-130s or C-17s, according to an article in Intercom. As TSgt. Charles Brown, a satellite communications maintainer deployed from Schriever AFB, Colo., says, “Some aircraft don’t have the defensive communication capabilities necessary for high-threat areas.” (379th AEW report by SrA. Tong Duong)
Congress is making moves to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, but lawmakers have only a few days left to clear the procedural hurdles necessary to ensure troops get paid Nov. 14. The issue is particularly pressing for tens of thousands of uniformed personnel in the Air National…
