Tipoffs for Dayton, Ohio (Wright Patterson)
Alum Selected as Air Force Materiel Command Command Chief
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Nov. 9 -- Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news on Nov. 8, 2021:
The position of command chief is one that comes with tremendous responsibility, especially when the incumbent is charged with leading at the Air Force major command level.
To ready himself to assume his role at the Air Force Materiel Command and the myriad of responsibilities it entails, Chief Master Sgt. David A. Flosi did what he believes every good Airman should do to prepare f
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Sen. Brown: Jumpstarting New Ohio Industry
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter:
We have an opportunity to create jobs and support a new, growing industry in Ohio, producing the jet fuel of the future.
Ohio has a long, proud history of aviation innovation - from the Wright Brothers' bicycle shop in West Dayton, to Geraldine Mock flying solo around the world, to John Glenn taking flight in Friendship 7.
It's not just history - Ohioans are developing and working to commercialize the technolog
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This Week in Air Force Life Cycle Management Center History and Spotlight on Eglin AFB
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news on Nov. 8, 2021:
8 Nov 1968 (ISR & SOF Dir.)
Tactical Air Command received its first Fairchild AC-119K "Stinger" gun-ship. It was the product of Project Gunship III, the third iteration propeller-driven cargo aircraft equipped with cannons and machine guns as a ground support/attack platform. The program started under AFLCMC's predecessor the Aeronautical Systems Division at WPAFB wi
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