Last week Air Education and Training Command awarded Pueblo, Colo.-based Doss Aviation the contract for the Air Force’s revised pilot screening and training program and that has left Selma, Ala., and Midland, Tex., wondering why. Both communities worked to get the $178 million deal. Selma teamed with Lockheed Martin and Midland with DynCorp, both defense contractors with significant training experience. According to the Montgomery Advertiser, even active support by Alabama’s two Republican Senators, Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions, could not secure the contract. Doss Aviation told the newspaper that the answer is simple, “We won on merit.”
Why a C-130 Crew Braved a 26 Hour Flight to Guam
April 23, 2024
An Air Force C-130J crew braved a long flight around half the planet last week as part of an experiment testing how quickly they could respond to a crisis in the Indo-Pacific. Dubbed Hazard Leap, the test kicked off on April 20 when two full crews in a C-130J assigned…