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he 2007 Air Mobility Command Rodeo, running now through July 28 at McChord AFB, Wash., comprises 45 US teams from the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and nine international teams and another 25 countries that sent observers. The international participation marks a record, reports SSgt. Nick Przybyciel. Rodeo started in 1956, expanding in 1979 to include international partners, as a means to develop and improve air mobility operations. The competition has grown over the years to include special tactics, security forces, aerial port operations, aeromedical evacuation, and maintenance. (Read more at the AMC Rodeo Web site here.)
In the face of Chinese war plans to disrupt U.S. command-and-control networks in the event of a conflict, the Air Force needs to focus less on its “connect everything” efforts and prepare its combat aviators to fight without a constant connection to higher-ups, according to a new report from AFA’s…
