The US Air Forces in Europe’s 702nd Munitions Support Squadron—a collection of some 140 military and civilian personnel stationed on a German air base performing a NATO mission—recently passed a “challenging” NATO Strike Evaluation, reports Lt. Col. Max Dubroff, the 702nd MSS commander. The unit comprises not only specialists in munitions maintenance and operations but also communications, support, and security forces and more—all of which joined with German counterparts, working in teams to ensure “100 percent aircraft generation” and maintain security access control. Next up is the USAFE Nuclear Surety Inspection.
The Air Force on March 12 awarded contract modifications worth a combined $2.4 billion to Boeing to procure an undisclosed number of E-7 Wedgetail as part of the program's engineering and manufacturing development phase and continue work on the airborne battle management aircraft’s radar.