Active duty and civilian firefighters from Travis AFB, Calif., took first place in individual heats during the 2006 US National Firefighter Challenge Oct. 13 and 14 in Atlanta. The former two-time world champions also placed third in the relay contest. Explaining their success, team captain Sgt. Mike Melton said, “Our team dynamic is one of unity and working together to get to our goal.”
The Air Force awarded a $13.08 billion contract to the Sierra Nevada Corporation on April 26 for its Survivable Airborne Operations Center aircraft, the successor to the service’s E-4B “Doomsday” plane. Like the E-4B, officially called the National Airborne Operations Center, the SAOC will be meant to withstand a nuclear attack and keep…