Air Combat Command boss Gen. John Corley last week sent a letter to ACC airmen, specifically the pilots and maintainers of the F-15s now under a grounding order, and to the F-15 community in general to outline the current predicament with the F-15 fleet. As we reported earlier, the extended stand-down will play havoc with the proficiency of F-15 pilots. Corley urges them to “trust that your leadership is keeping a watchful eye and will be poised to execute a plan that will put all of you back in the air as fast as safely possible.” Corley also writes that the actions of the F-15 maintenance force “over the years to maintain these F-15s are second to none.” He urges each maintainer “to keep [his or her] eye on the task at hand” and to work through the “long and methodical” inspections needed for each aircraft.
Air Force Chief of Staff Kenneth S. Wilsbach is allowing Airmen to wear unit pride T-shirts on Fridays and aircrew to wear nametags with their callsigns daily. The morale-boosting gesture is one of his first official acts as Chief and comes at a time when the Pentagon is cracking down…
