Lakenheath Gets New F-15 Training System: Boeing has turned over a new distributed mission operations capability to RAF Lakenheath, Britain. The F-15C Mission Training Center joins four other F-15C training centers: Eglin AFB, Fla., Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, Kadena AB, Japan, and Langley AFB, Va. Boeing has networked each center with other Air Force DMO assets, providing each the capability to train with forces around the globe without leaving home station. (Read more about DMO here.)
Questioned by lawmakers on the state of the Air Force's maintenance depots, Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James C. "Jim" Slife said April 30 that the service is investing in IT and data infrastructure to better sustain new software-intensive platforms—while acknowledging that there is still work to be done to…