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Elephant Walk: The Air Force Sent 24 F-22 Raptors Airborne at Once
A U.S. Air Force wing in Alaska managed to launch 24 F-22 Raptor stealth fighters plus an E-3 radar plane and a C-17 transport, all in quick succession.
Here s What You Need to Know: Despite the Raptor fleet s readiness woes and ongoing relocation, the Alaska wing is ready to fight.
A U.S. Air Force wing in Alaska managed to launch 24 F-22 Raptor stealth fighters plus an E-3 radar plane and a C-17 transport, all in quick succession.
The dramatic elephant walk at Elmendorf Air Force Base was more than an impressive photo-op. It showed off much of the new, bigger F-22 force at the base, underscored the resident 3rd Wing s apparently improving maintenance capabilities and underscored the Air Force s evolving strategy for deploying F-22s and other planes in self-sustaining small groups.
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SAVANNAH, Ga., March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), announced today that it has been awarded $696 million in contracts from the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center for engineering services support and contractor logistics for C-20 and C-37 aircraft.
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced that it has been awarded $696 million in contracts from the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center for engineering services support and contractor logistics for C-20 and C-37 aircraft.
The Engineering Service Contract (ESC) represents a $612 million, 10-year renewal of a prior ESC. The contractor logistics support (CLS) award for $84 million exercises Option Year Four of an existing CLS contract, bringing its cumulative face value to $594 million.
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
Alexander Underwood holds a model of a B-66, which is the plane he flew in during his 100 combat missions over North Vietnam. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic)
Black History Month inspires Fairfield man to tell his Vietnam War story
FAIRFIELD Alexander Underwood listened intently when his high school history teacher recounted his time as a Navy pilot during World War II.
“He used to talk to our history class about what he experienced when he was flying in the Navy, especially the (Battle of the) Coral Sea,” Underwood said.
It inspired the teenager to perhaps become a pilot.
“Then he dropped the bomb on me, that he never saw a Black pilot,” Underwood said.
Jim was born the youngest of five children in Youngstown, March 12, 1948.
Jim is survived by his bride of 48 years, Valerie Kraynak Wells; sister, Kathleen (George) Pallai; daughters, Amanda (Brian) Wells and Katherine (Jack) Rosson; and granddaughters, Emma and Grace Rosson. He will be remembered as a patriot, a veteran, a loving husband, a cherished sibling, a saint of a father and a co-conspirator as a grandfather.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Marie Kinney Wells; brother, Harold; and sisters, Ruth and Rita.
Jim grew up on the South Side of Youngstown, where he graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1966. He fondly remembered his glory days on the football squad, but readily acknowledged that his real journey began in 1967 when he enlisted in the Air Force. His aim was to go to Vietnam and contribute to the war effort. Upon graduation from basic military training and his technical training, Jim found himself stepping off an airplane at Hickam Air F