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.
As the Air Force readied for its June 21-22 strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the service was also putting its Agile Combat Employment strategy into action, dispersing combat aircraft and Airmen from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in preparation for a possible Iranian retaliatory attack. Some defense experts say…
