Lt. Col. Joseph Richardson received the 2007 Blacks in Government Meritorious Service Award during a ceremony earlier this month at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tenn., reports SrA. Paul Ross. Richardson is the director of operations for the 128th Airborne Command and Control Squadron and serves as an E-8C Joint STARS navigator. And, Maj. Phylinthia Givens of the Arkansas Air National Guard has been selected to receive the National Women of Color’s Technology All-Star Award. The 21-year-veteran of the Air Guard is the second African-American woman to become an officer in the Arkansas ANG, reports Maj. Magnolia Winkler. Givens is the Chief, Military Equal Opportunity Office at the 189th Airlift Wing.
It'll take up to 18 months for Lockheed Martin to deliver the 100 or so F-35s that went directly from production line to storage, awaiting the completion of Tech Refresh 3 testing. Customers haven't complained about the order in which the backlog is being delivered.