Air Force Defends TSAT Contract: Air Force Brig. Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, program director for the military’s joint satellite communications office, defended the service’s award of a contract for the management operations portion of the Transformational Communications Satellite, even though Congress did slash TSAT funding in the 2006 defense budget and urged the Air Force to consider putting some TSAT capabilities on other satellites, as a more cost-efficient approach. According to Reuters news service, Pawlikowski said, “The need to integrate the space segment is going to exist regardless of what the space system looks like.”
New Air Force PT Uniforms to Hit Shelves in July
May 1, 2024
The Air Force’s new physical training uniforms have been a long time coming. The clothing set was first unveiled in 2021, with a promised 2022 debut. But supply chain issues delayed its arrival multiple times, according to the Air Force. But finally, Airmen are expected to be able to buy…