CMSgt. David Popp, the top enlisted man for Air Combat Command, has been visiting ACC airmen deployed to Southwest Asia to see up close and personal whether the training and equipment ACC provides is right for the job. Of keen interest, said Popp, are airmen working in traditional Army jobs, such as convoy operations and some civil engineer work. What has he found? Popp said, “We have people at the tip of the spear who say they’re utilizing the people we sent, but some of them need more preparation.”
A new Navy missile could fill a range gap that the U.S. Air Force needs for its fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-generation fighters. The Navy’s portfolio acquisition executive for munitions posted information on the AIM-424 Long Range Air-to-Air Missile online on Aug. 22, the same day it unveiled the project at…