CORRECTED Flying Wheelchairs for Kids: An Air Force Reserve Command aircrew from the 446th Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, Wash., recently flew 100 pediatric wheelchairs and a fire truck to Charleston AFB, S.C., so a Charleston crew could fly the assets to Iraq and Nicaragua, respectively. SSgt. Nick Przybyciel reports that the 446th picked up the donated wheelchairs in Sioux City, Iowa, where Army medical personnel work with Wheelchairs for Iraqi Kids to get wheelchairs for children with cerebral palsy, Spina bifida, and other disabilities. The fire truck went to Condega, Nicaragua so the city could start its own volunteer fire department.
A decade and a half after awarding a contract for a new ground control system to manage its GPS satellites, the Pentagon has finally gotten its hands on the thing. The Space Force officially took ownership of the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System, or OCX, the service announced this week.…