The Air Force has decided to stop issuing DOD decals to Air Force personnel to display on their privately owned vehicles. Service officials believe this action will save money and ultimately improve base security procedures, reports SMSgt. Matt Proietti. However, not providing these decals could pose problems for Air Force personnel who transit installations of other services because they may still use the decal to distinguish those vehicles that don’t require extra inspection as long as the driver and passengers provide proper identification. The Air Force says it is working with the other services to find a common ground. Reader Comment
Denys Overholser, the Lockheed Martin engineer whose insights on the mathematics of radar cross section led directly to the first operational stealth attack airplane and permanently reshaped combat aircraft design and tactics, died April 28 at the age of 86.