The Air Force is providing the new noise-reducing earpiece we described earlier to the F-16 pilots of the 4th Fighter Squadron, Hill AFB, Utah, this month. They are in hot demand around the Air Force. The Attenuating Custom Communication Earpiece System, developed by Air Force Research Lab’s Battle Space Acoustics Department in concert with Manufactured Assemblies Corp. of Ohio and Westone Laboratories Inc. of Colorado, costs less than $600 per person and should go a long way in reducing hearing loss and improving communication ability. (What we didn’t say earlier: Westone produces comparable earpieces for rock bands.)
INDOPACOM Boss: China ‘Soon to Be World’s Largest Air Force’
March 28, 2024
INDOPACOM head Navy Adm. John C. Aquilino said China is soon to have world's largest Air Force as well as Navy at the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on March 21.