This news may be anathema to the elite ground warriors—each with their separate traditions and work—of the Air Force, but USAF leadership want to create a “common schoolhouse” for battlefield airmen. It would be required training for everyone from security forces to terminal attack controllers. The preferred location: Moody AFB, Ga. Gen. Michael Moseley believes that establishing a centralized syllabus and a common curriculum to cover basics would better prepare these airmen to enter their respective career fields and engage in joint operations.
BAE Systems has received a contract from Lockheed Martin to install an upgraded Block 4 electronic warfare system into new F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, as well as to retrofit some older jets.
