The Air Force has released the 2007 schedule for the Thunderbirds Aerial Demonstration team and the list of cities hosting Air Force Week in 2007. The Thunderbirds plan to participate in more than 68 shows in 21 states and nine European countries. View the T-bird schedule here. The Air Force says that the following six locations each plan to host an Air Force Week: Phoenix (March 19-25); Sacramento (June 4-10); last year’s inaugural city St. Louis (July 2-8); New England (Aug. 18-26); Hawaii (Sept. 10-16); and Atlanta (Oct. 8-14). Read more here.
Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. may have moved on from Air Force Chief of Staff to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, but he is keeping an eye on the Air Force’s effort to “re-optimize for great power competition”—and is pleased by what he sees. At a Defense Writers Group meeting March…