Five USAF teams have received Chief of Staff Team Excellence Awards, while six teams earned Best Practice Certificates. The teams, according to USAF officials, used “a systematic approach to enhance mission capability, improve operational performance, and create sustained results.” The team projects ranged from improvements to technical training for ICBM operators to finding and testing a commercial electrical wiring analyzer to more quickly detect the root cause of more than 30 percent of F-15 aircraft discrepancies.
Lt. Gen. Stephen L. Davis, the Department of the Air Force’s top internal watchdog, has been nominated to lead Air Force Global Strike Command, which oversees the service’s bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles.