Some 90 airmen—all volunteers—recently graduated from the US Army’s interrogator school at Ft. Huachuca, Ariz. USAF officials say the Army asked for help in filling shortages of skilled interrogators on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Air Force plans to recruit more volunteers for next year’s course, which involves field and combat training, as well as classroom instruction.
As Air Force leaders consider concepts of operations for Collaborative Combat Aircraft, sustainment in the field—and easing that support by using standard parts and limiting variants—should be a key consideration, according to a new study from AFA's Mitchell Institute of Aerospace Studies.