That is the consensus of everyone—airmen, civilians, other services, and more—the Air Force polled to reach a decision on its new advertising campaign slogan “Above All,” according to Col. Michael Caldwell, deputy director of Public Affairs. The new ad campaign, as the service has done recently, will feature airmen at work and will kick off this month in TV, print, and Internet advertising. SSgt. Lee Jones at Barksdale AFB, La., who will one of the first, talking about his work in the cyberspace domain, said, it’s “a great slogan because it says how we shine in what we do to defend our nation and accomplish our mission.” (USAF report by SSgt. J.G. Buzanowski)
Poor event planning and staffing contributed to a fatal mishap last April at Kadena Air Base, Japan, when rotor wash from an HH-60W helicopter knocked over a Japanese teacher from a Department of Defense Education Activity school attending a public aerial demonstration, according to an Air Force investigation.
