U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Chance Dority, 97th Security Forces Squadron Combat Arms assistant NCO in charge, plays a large role in training exceptional mobility Airmen at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, by enhancing deployment readiness and ensuring the,
2 2020 was a year of challenges not only for the U.S Army Corps of Engineers, but for the world. The greatest challenge being COVID-19 pandemic. With the pandemic came travel bans, mandatory telework, recreation closures and virtual learning for children.
“COVID-19 changed our landscape. As professionals, we adapted and overcame these challenges and, as an organization, we led the Nation’s response,” said Brig. Gen. Christopher Beck, commander, Southwestern Division. “Through it all, we continued to deliver a program that will impact the region’s military for generations to come.”
In Fiscal year 2020, the Division’s Military Construction Program saw six project awards valued at $189 million with Installation Readiness projects at $739 million. The U.S. Army Centrally Funded Barracks program invested more than $500 million to renovate and repair barracks at Fort Hood, Fort Polk, Fort Sill, and Joint Base San Antonio.
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An airman from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, conducts a post-flight check of a KC-46A Pegasus at Travis Air Force Base, Aug. 21, 2019. The first KC-46 is scheduled to arrive at Travis in 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Pilot says KC-46 is ‘a dream to fly’
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE The last time Travis Air Force Base added a new type of aircraft to its fleet in August 2006, George W. Bush was president, Nelly Furtado had the No. 1 single and the first iPhone was 10 months away from hitting stores.
It’s safe to say things will be different in August 2023, when the first of its next batch of aircraft, the KC-46A Pegasus, is scheduled to arrive.