There are now two roads dedicated to MSgt. Randy Gillespie, who was killed by small arms fire in Afghanistan in July 2007. Airmen at Bagram Air Base on Jan. 1 dedicated “Gillespie Way” to the fuels specialist, while his home base at Luke AFB, Ariz., dedicated “Gillespie Drive” in his honor last month. Gillespie’s wife, Lisa, attended the Luke ceremony. (Bagram report by Capt. Michael Meridith)
Sierra Nevada Corp. has acquired five ex-Korean Air 747-8 jumbo jets on which it will host the Survivable Airborne Operations Center. The jets will be transferred next year and will serve as the platforms for the SAOC, the $13 billion contract for which SNC won last month. The jets were…