Boeing Co., Defense, Space, and Security of St. Louis, Mo., has received a $27.1 million contract for work on Mission Training Center services on contractor-supplied high-fidelity aircraft simulation services. The services will enable the Mission Training Center to provide simulation capabilities to train pilots and weapons systems operators flying F-15C and F-15E aircraft, the July 20 contract award said. Contract work will be performed at Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.; Mountain Home AFB, Idaho; JB Langley-Eustis, Va.; Kadena AB, Japan, and RAF Lakenheath, England. Work is expected to be completed by June 30, 2017. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting agency, according to a July 20 contract announcement.
The Air Force has finished modifying and testing the new VC-25B Bridge aircraft that will serve as a temporary Air Force One, the service announced May 1. All that’s left now is to finish painting the jet before it starts flying this summer.