Airmen deployed to support United Nations-African Union operations in Darfur took some time to visit an orphanage in Rwanda. The airmen, from Ramstein AB, Germany, and Charleston AFB, S.C., took coloring books, soccer balls, tennis shoes, and other donations, generating “smiles” from the children, reports Capt. Erin Dorrance.
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.