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Midway Needs Volunteers
The USS Midway Museum in San Diego is seeking volunteers to help with the static displays on the deck and in the hangar bay.
Project Manager/Aircraft Maintenance
They want a "dynamic volunteer to lead projects in on-going aircraft maintenance for our static displays of historic aircraft," said Laurie Switzer, director of Volunteer Programs.
The Applicant must [...]
Another Skipper Canned
The Navy has fired another skipper for "creating a hostile work environment" and violation of the Navy's sexual harassment policies, the 22nd commanding officer to be fired in 2011.
This one was Cmdr. Jonathan Jackson, commander of an EA-6B Prowler squadron based at Whidbey Island, Wash.
The Navy said he was relieved of command following an [...]
Pentagon Orders More F-35s
Despite its cost and problems, the Defense Department last month ordered 30 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft from Lockheed Martin for a $4 billion fixed-price contract, Reuters reported.
The deal would provide 21 conventional models for the Air Force (F-35A), six carrier variants for the Navy (F-35C) and three short-takeoff and vertical landing versions for the [...]
Coast Guard Auxiliary Needs You
By Ron Darcey
And Douglas Kerr
The United States Coast Guard is unique among the services by having an inherent force capability comprised entirely of uniformed civilian volunteers who serve most every Coast Guard operational mission excepting law enforcement and combat - the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
During the aftermath of 9/11, 2001 and for the first [...]
Last F-22 Rolls Off Line
The final F-22 Raptor to be built for the U.S. Air Force rolled off the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics assembly line Dec. 13 at the company's Marietta, Ga. plant on Dobbins Air Reserve Base.
The jet, tail number 4195, is the last of 187 F-22s produced. In 1991, the Air Force planned to buy 650 of the [...]
Air Force Ends Freeze
The hiring freeze implemented in August by the Air Force was lifted Dec. 15, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.
The freeze, preceded by hiring controls, was one of several measures implemented in 2011 to bring manning down to mandated 2010 levels. In addition, voluntary separation incentives were recently offered, with employees expected to separate by [...]
And Still Another Navy Officer Sacked
Even more proof, if you needed it.
The second-ranking officer on the Norfolk-based amphibious transport dock "New York" has been relieved for having an unduly familiar relationship with a female member of the shipÕs crew, the Navy revealed Dec. 27.
Cmdr. John Pethel, the New York's executive officer, received a punitive letter of reprimand, a [...]
Navy Sanctions Lesbian Kiss
You knew it would come to this.
A female sailor bought a raffle ticket to plant her "first kiss" upon return from 80 days of sea duty and won. When her ship docked, she openly kissed her lesbian companion, another female sailor.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta of Placerville, Calif. descended from the USS Oak [...]
AF In Hot Water Over Trainer Choice
The Air Force has apparently eliminated Hawker-Beechcraft's AT-6B from its light attack competition and selected Embraer's Super Tucano for a U.S. Air Force contract to supply up to 20 light air support - or counterinsurgency planes - to the fledgling Afghan air force.
Hawker says it has no idea yet why its plane was disqualified from [...]
Top Secret Spy Plane Revealed
The Air Force has a new UAV that can fly undetected into enemy territory, locate its target and fire off a directed energy beam that will shut off everything electronic from computers to entire city blocks.
Possibly more; they aren't saying.
Its called CHAMP - for Counter-electronics High-powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project - and Boeing supplies [...]
