Airmen from Ramstein AB, Germany, deployed to Niger to collect satellite imagery to aid map-making—called Eagle Vision missions—have spent some time with local inhabitants. They treated children to donated soccer balls and their parents to 1,000 pounds of rice. The airmen from the 24th Intelligence Squadron and 1st Combat Communications Squadron contributed the money to buy the rice when they heard the village of Karadje needed food. (Read more here.)
As Air Force leaders consider concepts of operations for Collaborative Combat Aircraft, sustainment in the field—and easing that support by using standard parts and limiting variants—should be a key consideration, according to a new study from AFA's Mitchell Institute of Aerospace Studies.