The innovative airmen of the 435th Munitions Squadron at Ramstein AB, Germany, are re-organizing to ensure their dwindling numbers are fully trained to maintain a wider assortment of weapons. The unit’s airmen earlier this year saved the Air Force mega-bucks by undertaking the transfer of motors from old advanced-medium-range air-to-air missiles themselves. Now the unit has lost half its workforce, so the remaining airmen pioneered the new unit structure, according to a 43rd MUNS release.
The Space Development Agency says it’s on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite contracts this month after those awards were delayed by the Pentagon’s decision to divert funds from the agency to pay troops during this fall’s prolonged government shutdown.
