The 723rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk mobility and support section at Moody AFB, Ga., has purchased a generator-equipped 28-foot race trailer, which they have fitted with all the tools and equipment they need to speed deployments for exercises, stateside contingencies, and disaster relief operations. It is self-contained, with metal clad counter tops, labeled tool drawers, and large overhead bins that run the length of the unit—and a rooftop air-conditioning unit, essential for desert training conditions. What did they use beforehand? The maintainers had to rent a commercial van—a very expensive and labor-intensive process, reports Air Force journalist TSgt. Parker Gyokeres.
The Space Force should take bold, decisive steps—and soon—to develop the capabilities and architecture needed to support more flexible, dynamic operations in orbit and counter Chinese aggression and technological progress, according to a new report from AFA’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.
