The Air Force has ushered in five former enlisted Tactical Air Control Party airmen—fresh from Officer Training School—to the new Air Liaison Officer career field, designated 13L. “It’s an honor to be the first ones to go through this program,” said 2nd Lt. Dennis Seay, former TACP technical sergeant. Another former TACP, 2nd Lt. Michael Hoffman agreed and said, “We have a lot of motivated enlisted folks who have somewhat put off trying to get a commission because of the fact they were going to have to leave the career field.” The five new ALOs are now attending ALO qualification training at Nellis AFB, Nev., and follow that with fire support coordinator and joint fires observer courses at Ft. Sill, Okla. Not finished yet, they will attend joint air operations command and control training at Hurlburt Field, Fla. (Air University report by SrA. Melissa Copeland) (Also read, Air Guard ALOs Blazed the Way)
This year’s Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting buzzed with talk of countering the rapidly evolving drone threat facing the entire U.S. military, including the Air Force. Leaders and defense industry officials discussed the need for new approaches to procurement and employment of a new class of these…
