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1 16 Produce Piots, Advance Airmen, Feed the Fight S I LV E R W I N G S Return Service: The Commercia Dispatch P.O. Box 511 Coumbus, MS Produce Piots, Advance Airmen, Feed the Fight Coumbus Air Force Base, Miss. Vo. 40, Issue 36 Ask About Our Move In Specias! STANDARD MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID MAILED FROM ZIP CODE PERMIT NO. 98 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED September 9, 2016 Weather Miitary Discounts Avaiabe st Ave. N. Coumbus, MS (662) New Saem Baptist Church wecomes you! 7086 Wof Road 3 mies south of Caedonia, MS (662) Pastor: Bro. Me Howton SUNDAY Worship Service - 8:00 & 10:30 am Sunday Schoo (a ages) - 9:15 am The Dispatch SUNDAY EVENING Youth Drama & AWANA - 4pm Discipeship Training - 5pm Evening Worship - 6pm WEDNESDAY Kid s Drama - 6 pm Adut/Youth Bibe Study, RAs, GAs & Mission Friends - 6:30 pm Nursery avaiabe for a services. News Briefs AETC Commander visit The Commander of Air Education and Training Command is schedued to visit Team BLAZE Sept POW/MIA Day Retreat A specia Observance POW/MIA retreat ceremony is schedued 4:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at Smith Paza. Lt. Gen. Darry Roberson Air Force Birthday Ba The annua Air Force Birthday Ba socia hour is schedued to begin 6 p.m. Sept. 17 with the main event starting 7 p.m. at the Trotter Convention Center, 402 2nd Ave N in Coumbus. Dress is forma and mess dress for miitary or coat and tie for civiians. Inside Feature Washer And Dryer In Unit 1 And 2 Bedrooms Avaiabe 15% Miitary Discount Move In Specias Fitness Center On Site st Avenue North SUPT Cass graduates today at 10 a.m. at the Kaye Auditorium. C P hase II 37th (17-08) 41st (17-09) Senior Cass 0.69 days days Overa days days AETC senior eaders set to visit Team BLAZE 14th Fying Training Wing Pubic Affairs Team BLAZE wecomes Lt. Gen. and Mrs. Darry Roberson, and Chief Master Sgt. David Staton to Coumbus Air Force Base. During their visit they wi tour the many base faciities, meet with community members and hod an a-ca to discuss AETC s hot topics. Roberson is Commander, Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Randoph, Texas. He is responsibe for the recruiting, training and education of Air Force personne. His command incudes the Air Force Recruiting o u m b u s AFB T P hase III Track Seect Sept. 28 Sept th (16-14) 50th (16-14) Chief Master Sgt. David Staton Senior Cass Overa 0.00 days days 0.00 days days Graduation Sept. 9 Sept. 9 Service, two numbered air forces and Air University. The command operates neary 1,370 trainer, fighter and mobiity aircraft, 23 wings, 12 bases, and five geographicay separated groups. It trains more than 293,000 students per year with approximatey 62,000 active-duty, Reserve, Guard, civiian and contractor personne. Roberson is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Euro-NATO Joint Jet piot training, and the Nationa War Coege. He has been a Thunderbird air demonstration piot, a Congressiona Feow on Capito Hi and has served on the Air Staff and Joint Staff at the Pentagon incuding as the Vice r a i n i n g IFF Senior Cass Overa 49th (16-LBC) days days See Visit, Page 3 T i m e i n e Graduation Sept. 21 * Mission numbers provided by 14 FTW Wing Scheduing. The graduation speaker is Co. Derek Routt, 1st Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff, Tynda Air Force Base, Forida. Wing Sortie B oard Aircraft T-6 T-1 T-38 IFF Required Fown Annua 29,366 9,115 10,094 4,177

2 2 News Produce Piots, Advance Airmen, Feed the Fight 15 Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat/Sun /18 AETC/CC and AETC/CCC visit Track Seect Capt. Nichoas Barrett T-38 Capt. Nick DeBarmore T-1 Capt. Kevin Donovan T-38 Capt. Brandon Teken T-38 1st Lt. Eizabeth Tiffany T-1 2nd Lt. Abdurahman Ahaidari T-38 2nd Lt. Aexander Boues T-38 2nd Lt. Car Burnham T-1 2nd Lt. David DeGroat T-1 2nd Lt. Michae DeSandre T-38 2nd Lt. Michae Dunap T-1 2nd Lt. Dyan Fynn T-38 2nd Lt. James Gehrig T-38 2nd Lt. John Goudeock T-1 2nd Lt. Austin Hi T-1 2nd Lt. Jonathan Javier T-1 2nd Lt. Jennifer Logsdon T-1 2nd Lt. Jeriko Mafnas Heo 2nd Lt. Joey Pippin T-1 2nd Lt. Isaias Rivera T-1 2nd Lt. Kenner Roberts T-1 2nd Lt. Quincy Watts T-38 Dubisher Award 2nd Lt. Austin Hi Top Guns Contact: 2nd Lt. Dyan Fynn Instrument: 2nd Lt. Michae DeSandre Formation: 2nd Lt. Dyan Fynn th FS reunion POW/MIA specia observance, 4:30 Smith Paza September 17th: Air Force Birthday Ba, 6 Trotter /25 25: American Ido winner David Cook Concert and poo party, 4 Cub 14th Fying Training Wing depoyed As of press time, 9 TEAM BLAZE members are depoyed wordwide. Remember to support the Airmen and their famiies whie they are away. Depoyment numbers provided by the Instaation Personne Readiness Office. Long Range Events Sept. 27: Wing Newcomers Orientation Sept. 29: Enisted Promotion Ceremony Sept. 30: SUPT Cass Graduation Oct. 4-6: CREATE Imagine the possibiities Oct. 7: Chief Master Sgt. Rita Feton retirement Oct. 10: Coumbus Day Hoiday Oct. 15: Civiian Fy-In Oct. 18: Wing Newcomers Orientation Oct. 28: SUPT Cass Graduation Oct. 29: Base Haoween Trick or Treat Oct. 31: Third Quartery Awards Oct. 31: Enisted Promotions Nov. 4: Chief Master Sgt. 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3 Seat Bets (Continued from page 13) instaing ap bets in a vehices. In 1954, the Sports Car Cub of America (precursor to NASCAR) required a competing racers to wear ap bets. A year ater the Society of Automotive Engineers appointed their first Motor Vehice Seat Bet Committee. It was in 1955, as we, that Caifornia became the first state to require a new cars to come equipped with ap bets. Whie the seat bets were an option, it was estimated that ony about 1 percent of American drivers used them. Deaers certainy didn t push them, and whie safety experts caimed it woud ony cost 50 cents to insta mounts so drivers coud add the bets themseves, manufacturers just weren t interested. It wasn t unti 1959 in which Congress passed a aw requiring a cars compy with certain standards of safety. By 1965 a states had aws requiring seat bets be instaed. Lap bets were sti the bets of choice; despite medica evidence that in accident conditions ap bets had the potentia to cause separation of the umbar vertebrae. When President Johnson suggested it was time for federa reguations to contro car safety performance, Congress unanimousy passed The Highway Safety Act and The Nationa Traffic and Motor Vehice Safety Act of 1966, creating the Nationa Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The federa government had been given authority to reguate car and highway standards, incuding a demand that the Department of Transportation move quicky to force car manufacturers to insta seat bets in new cars. A year ater backseat bets were added and, for the 1974 mode year, three-point, continuous-oop seat bets were required. Even with the increased federa reguation, seat bet usage was cacuated at ess than 15 percent of the driving pubic. A campaign was started in the 1960 s to push for mandatory seat bet use. It was not unti 1995 that every state, except New Hampshire, had mandatory seat betuse aws. Currenty, about 88 percent of Americans wear seat bets, and manufacturers tout their automotive safety features to prospective cus- Produce Piots, Advance Airmen, Feed the Fight tomers. If a car accident resuts in a awsuit, one of the questions asked of the paintiff is whether or not they were wearing a seat bet. If not, they may be found to have contributed in some degree to the sustained injuries. When iabiity adjusters make their offers of settement, they may aso reduce the offer if the driver was not wearing a seat bet. There are aso ongoing experiments to improve the seat bets we use. The seat bet saga continues as the exporation of new materias, systems and technoogy continue to be reached. Regardess of what actions we take, we know beyond any (Continued from page 1) Director for Operations. He has commanded a squadron, operations group, three wings, and prior to becoming the AETC commander was the Commander, 3rd Air Force/17th Expeditionary Air Force, Ramstein AB, Germany. He has fown combat missions in Iraq during operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom as we as in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. Roberson is a command piot who has more than 5,150 fight hours incuding 865 combat hours. He has fown the F-4, F-15, F-16 and F-22. Staton is the Command Chief Master Sergeant, Headquarters AETC, Joint Base San Antonio-Randoph, Texas. The chief is a key advisor to the command s Upcoming EVENTS corporate structure for budgeting, transformation, and execution of the AETC mission. Staton grew up in Gentry, Arkansas, and entered the Air Force in June His diverse career incudes various duties as an Information Manager, Miitary Training Instructor and first sergeant at bases in Michigan, Texas, Arkansas, Coorado, Arizona, and Japan, with depoyments to Southwest Asia and Afghanistan. Staton was the Command Chief Master Sergeant, 10th Air Base Wing, U.S. Air Force Academy, Coorado Springs, Coorado and Command Chief Master Sergeant, 56th Fighter Wing, Luke AFB, Arizona. Before assuming his current position, he served as Command Chief Master Sergeant, Second Air Force, Keeser AFB, Mississippi. Five of Team BLAZE s enisted Airmen were promoted during the enisted promotions ceremony Aug. 31 at the Coumbus Cub. Baptist Cancer Center offers free prostate PSA screenings for men over 40. PSA screenings wi be hed in Starkvie on Friday, Sept. 30, from 9am 11:45 am. Make an appointment by caing at or , ext Baptist Cancer Center wi hod a support group for cancer survivors and their famiies the third Friday of every month from noon-1pm. The September 16 meeting wi take pace in room 5 PT, just past the Gift Shop. Topic wi be psychosocia/ socia work service. For information ca or , ext Join us for a weeky education/support group meeting for peope with congestive heart faiure at Baptist Goden Triange. Program runs on a 6-week cyce, you may begin at any time. Hed each Thursday, 11am-noon, Outpatient Paviion Board Room. For information ca or Fashion Appare Boutique Outet BMH-GT Diabetes Support Group - casses are the 3rd Wed. each month, am, room 6 PT. For more information ca Lacy Smith at or , ext We ony carry new first quaity cothing and shoes. Off Save 70% Retai chidren s fa Baptist Goden Triange offers chidbirth casses each month. Casses are hed on each Tuesday night at 6 p.m. To pre-register ca the Education Department at or , ext For more information contact the numbers isted above or emai info.godentriange@bmhcc.org. 3 U.S. Air Force photo/sharon Ybarra CPR Casses are offered at Baptist Goden Triange, 6 p.m., in the Patient Tower. Pre-registration is required. Sept. casses wi be hed on the 12 and 26. Ca the Education Department at (662) or , ext Baptist Goden Triange is seeking caring, compassionate peope to join an eite group of vounteers to hep in a variety of hospita settings. For more information, ca Produce Piots, Advance Airmen, Feed the Fight Visit doubt that seat bets save ives. They doube our chance of surviving a crash and vasty improve our chance of waking away without serious injury. Their history to date has been a checkered one baancing responsibiities among manufacturers, drivers and government officias. The bottom ine whether you cick it, atch it or snap it; it took a of these payers working together to make your safety even more important than the atest stying changes. (References: Road Safety Information, Nationa Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, UC Berkeey Traffic Safety Center) The Dispatch 14 winter cothing shoes! sec coegiate wear for kids! & & Off Save 75% Retai fa & men s adies winter cothing & shoes! th Ave. N. Coumbus CASH Friday 10am-6pm Saturday 10am-4pm Sunday 1-5pm Five enisted Airmen promoted at ceremony 14th Fying Training Wing Pubic Affairs Five of Team BLAZE s enisted Airmen were promoted during the enisted promotion ceremony Aug. 31 at the Coumbus Cub. Promoted during the month of August were: Airman Kiara Crespo-Gonzaez, 14th Communications Airman Ryan Ditommaso, 14th Security Forces Senior Airman Nichoas Anthony, 14th Operations Support Senior Airman Neiko Odum, 14th OSS Master Sgt. Syvia Aen, 14th OSS Web-based personne data systems down time Due to upgrades in personne systems, between Sept , severa web-based Personne Data Systems wi be unavaiabe. The systems affected are Virtua Miitary Personne Fight, Base Leve Service Deivery Mode, Personne Records Dispay Appication, Virtua Personne Service Center - Roe Based Access, Airman Deveopment Pan, and Discoverer. In addition the Air Force Fitness Management System II, mypers, and Orace CX consoe MiPDS print products wi be partiay or fuy unavaiabe during this time. Access to these systems wi return Sept. 21. If you are in need of assistance pease contact the MPS Customer Service Desk at

4 4 Produce Piots, Advance Airmen, Feed the Fight Produce Piots, Advance Airmen, Feed the Fight 13 Justice Times STATUS OF DISCIPLINE BY THE NUMBERS APRIL 1 - JUNE 30 Luke...2 Courts-Martia 15 Artice 15s Atus...0 Courts-Martia 5 Artice 15s Coumbus...0 Courts-Martia 0 Artices 15s Laughin...0 Courts-Martia 1 Artice 15s Vance...0 Courts-Martia 2 Artice 15s 19th AF Totas...2 Courts-Martia 22 Artice 15s JUSTICE FACTOID: When Airmen are offered an Artice 15, they have the right to have a persona hearing with their Commander. Airmen can present additiona evidence or witnesses to pead their case. Coumbus AFB Artice 15s from ast quarter that were unreported, due to coseout dates: A staff sergeant received a suspended reduction to senior airman, forfeiture of $100 pay for two months, and a reprimand, after testing positive for marijuana on a random urinaysis test. This was in vioation of Artice 112a, UCMJ, wrongfu use of a controed substance. The sergeant was ater administrativey discharged for drug abuse, and received an under honorabe conditions (genera) discharge characterization. A senior airman received a suspended reduction to airman 1st cass and a reprimand after an NCO saw him unawfuy take funds from the squadron snack bar. The Airman s actions were in vioation of Artice 121, UCMJ, wrongfu appropriation, because he 1) wrongfuy took property, 2) the property did not beong to him, 3) the property was of a certain vaue, and 4) he wrongfuy appropriated property for his use. The member had aso previousy received mutipe Letters of Counseing and Letters of Reprimand. Foowing the Artice 15 action, the member was administrative discharged for minor discipinary infractions. The Airman received an under honorabe conditions (genera) discharge characterization. Justice Times Juy 2016, Quarter 2 Transparent Discipine For Tomorrows Leaders Amount of 19th AF Courts-Martias and Artice 15s Wi My Driver s License Get Me On Base? Rea ID Act of 2005 Q: Does this affect those with a miitary, retiree, dependent or CAC ID? A: No. There is no change for base access to individuas who aready possess miitary issued credentias. Q: If I have a miitary ID and want to take my mom on base, does she need to get a background check? A: If you are a miitary ID cardhoder and she is under your escort, she ony needs to show a picture ID. If she needs unescorted access, ie., entering the instaation on her own, she wi need a REAL ID Act compiant credentia to be issued an access pass. A background check wi be done prior to issuing the pass. Q: What identification is required of minors? A: There is no change to current procedures. When entering an instaation with an individua in possession of as REAL ID Act compiant identification card, minors are not required to have an identification credentia. Q: What aternate forms of ID are acceptabe? Do I need more than one? A: You ony need one of the foowing: U.S. Passport U.S Passport Card Permanent Resident Card/Aien Registration Receipt Card (Form I-551). A foreign passport with a temporary (I-551) stamp or temporary (I-551) printed notation on a machine readabe immigrant visa. An empoyment authorization document that contains a photograph (Form I- 766). Identification card issued by Federa, State, or oca government agencies, provided it contains a photograph and biographic information such as name, date of birth, gender, height, eye coor, and address. U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Cards/Credentias. PIV or Federay-Issued PIV-1 Cards (Persona Identification Verification) issued by the Federa Government. PIV-I card (Persona identification verification-interoperabe Issued by Non-Federa Government entities).. Q: I am a DoD contractor with a Common Access Card. Can I bring my wife onto the instaation without her needing a background check or access pass? A: No. Your wife wi require a background check and access pass. Contractors are not authorized to escort unceared visitors on the instaation. Map Legend To access the instaation, you wi need... ANY TIME Driver s License By Sept. 15, 2016 Enhanced Driver s License or one of the foowing: US Passport or Passport Card Permanent Resident Card or Aien Registration Receipt Card (INS Form I-551) Empoyment authorization document that contains a photograph (INS Form I-776) By Oct. 17, 2016 Enhanced Driver s License or one of the foowing: US Passport or Passport Card Permanent Resident Card or Aien Registration Receipt Card (INS Form I-551) Empoyment authorization document that contains a photograph (INS Form I-776) For more information contact the visitor s center at or visit Air University gathers cyber experts to strengthen U.S. security Senior Airman Wiiam Bankenship 42nd Air Base Wing Pubic Affairs MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Aa. Air University returned the Air Force Information Technoogy and Cyberpower Conference to Montgomery, Aug , After a four-year absence, over 3,500 AFITC attendees invaded the capito city, bringing together Air Force information-technoogy experts, prominent IT academics, and America s best cybersecurity vendors for three days of exhibits, speakers, education, and discussion. The conference focused on ways to better defend America from cyber-attacks, advanced persistent threats, and proactivey ead in an increasingy digita word. The U.S. Office of Personne Management was hit with one of the worst data breaches in history in This fissure exposed not ony persona data, but aso the security cearance information of neary 22 miion peope. Amost a year passed before this was reaized. Actions such as this brought the brightest in the pubic and private sectors together, bonding to the theme: America: iving free, secure, and productive in a cyber word. We must be abe to be smarter and more powerfu than the evi pirates, thieves and thugs that wi fi this space if we do not architect it in a way that gives us, those that ove humanity, a fighting chance, said Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast, commander and president of Air University. Anytime something ike this (cyber threat) is encountered by a civiization, it is a partnership between civi society, government and those that protect our economy, the miitary. That is the reationship we have here From Scorn to Worn: The curious history of seat bets Jerry Cineman Air Education and Training Command Occupationa Safety Office JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas According to the Traffic Safety Center at the University of Caifornia Berkeey, seat bets are the singe most effective motor vehice occupant safety device yet deveoped for oder chidren and aduts. Seat bets have existed in some form since the eary days of automobies, but they ve changed dramaticay over time from a singe ap bet to the diagona three-point system we use today. Aong with the deveopment of the seat bet came important egisation to ensure drivers and passengers bucked up. In oden days, horse and cart drivers tried to figure how to keep passengers (and themseves, of course) from being thrown US Air Force photo/meanie Rodgers Cox Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast, commander and president of Air University, speaks during the cosing of the Air Force Information Technoogy and Cyberpower Conference in Montgomery, Aabama, Aug. 31, The three-day, AU-sponsored conference focused on ways to better defend America from cyber-attacks, advanced persistent threats, and proactivey ead in an increasingy digita word. (at AFITC). As we go forward, we can t just sit back and say this was a great conference. That is not good enough in this day and age, with everything we see going on in the word. There has to be a sense of urgency that we must make some progress. According to conference organizers, entities incuding foreign governments, hackers, terrorists, decentraized threats, and others have never presented a greater risk to the webeing of the U.S. and the cybersecurity of corporations and private individuas. Everything from financia records and personay identifiabe information to vita infrastructure and strategic information critica to the safety and security of the U.S. faces a itany of ever-evoving threats. In the cyber word, power is a very different thing than it is in the industria age word, Kwast said. Recent threats ike ISIS and combatant countries in Asia are ony keystrokes away. It is a threat the miitary and private sector shoud not take ighty. Whie this is a miitary sponsored conference, a main objective is to coaborate between DoD entities and civiian companies off and tramped by their horses. Most often they used ropes or eather straps to connect person and cart. Does anybody remember the Beverey Hibiies using a piece of rope for a seat bet? It was in 1885 that a New York City man named Edward J. Caghorn devised the first U.S.-patented vehicuar seat bet. Looking much ike a present-day cimber s harness, it was designed to secure the passenger to a fixed object. As cars began appearing in America during the eary 1900s, some drivers and passengers aso used crude forms of seat bets, not as safety measures, but to keep themseves from faing out as they traversed bumpy terrain. Due to the argey unpopuar view of seat bet use, it was not unti 1953 that the Coorado State Medica Society supported See Seat Bets, Page 14 within the IT word. Mr. Cameron Chehreh, Chief Technoogy Officer for De Federa, represented the private sector as one of the keynote speakers of AFITC16. The digita word we are iving in is ony going to acceerate, Chehreh said. For us, it s not about technoogy, or what it does; it s about the mission enaber it creates, to aow you to prosecute your mission, and at the end of the day arrive back at home - that s what keeps up awake at night as industry. You re not just a customer, you re the Department of Defense and you keep this country safe. A warfighter at risk because of wearabe technoogy giving away his position is unacceptabe. During the wrap-up discussion, Richard Adridge, the program executive officer for Business and Enterprise Systems at Maxwe Air Force Base, reiterated that technoogy is not our probem, but peope, poicy, process and cuture need to evove. None of that can happen without eadership, Adridge said. Use your eadership patform to get that peope, poicy, process and cuture areas to actuay get technoogy and innovation and agiity we need across our domain to hep the Air Force execute the mission. Panning has aready begun for AFITC17, rebooting the annua coaborative gathering. Joe Green, president for miitary affairs at the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce said the conference is here to stay. Go forward and serve the nation by doing something good with what you have earned, Kwast said as the conference cosed. Take back something that, in the coaborative process, moves us a forward together. Next August, I want us to gather here and know that we did something rea and meaningfu. U.S. Air Force graphic by Senior Airman Chip Pons

5 12 AF News 5 Stay prepared, September is Nationa Preparedness month F-35A competes argest depoyment to date Senior Airman Stormy Archer 33rd Fighter Wing Pubic Affairs Vok Fied, Wis. The 33rd Fighter Wing wrapped up the argest F-35 depoyment to date at this year s Exercise Northern Lightning Aug. 31 at Vok Fied, Wis. Northern Lightning is a tactica-eve, joint training exercise which serves as a combat rehearsa for both egacy and modern aeria and ground assets in a contested, degraded environment. The 33rd FW depoyed over 150 personne and 14 F-35As for two weeks to train to a reaistic threat eve and deveop how to depoy and sustain a squadron of F-35s. The Air Force announced the fighter jet was initiay capabe of combat operations in August of this year. With the service s shift in focus to fu operationa capabiity for the aircraft, the essons earned from this exercise wi shape future rea-word depoyments of F-35A squadrons. The aircraft and enterprise sti has some maturing eft to do, said Lt. Co. Brad Bashore, 58th Fighter commander. With as capabe as the F-35A is aready though, that shoud be a scary thought for our adversaries. Performance during the exercise dispays that the aircraft is combat ready, even in its infancy. The 33rd FW scored over 110 kis against enemy aircraft, supported a surge of 138 sorties and dropped 24 GBU-12 bombs during Northern Lightning. During the exercise, 33rd FW piots were abe to execute offensive counter air, suppression of enemy air defenses, destruction of enemy air defenses, and empoy GPS-guided munitions for cose air support. This exercise has increased my confidence in the F-35, Capt. Mark Schne, 33rd FW piot said. Beieving that you are invisibe is hard. (But) to come out and fy against fourth-generation assets and reay see that the steath capabiities of the F-35 are as advertised has been awesome. It makes our job easier knowing that we are (steathy), and we can arrive at a position of advantage without (our adversary) knowing. Crews from the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance were abe to support operationa demands of the exercise by executing high-tempo maintenance operations, and preparing aircraft to drop munitions in a depoyed ocation with ess manning and resources than afforded to them at home station. Produce Piots, Advance Airmen, Feed the Fight Senior Airman Christopher Tarantino 14th Civi Engineer Readiness & Emergency Management September is Nationa Preparedness Month and is a great time before the craziness of the upcoming hoidays to think about and pan your famiy s safety and security. You shoud prepare through the year for emergencies that coud affect where you ive, work, and where you visit. The theme of this year s Preparedness month is Don t Wait, Communicate. Make your Emergency Pan Today. Preparedness is for a ages, whether young or od think about how to be prepared. Here are some tips from ready.gov/foods: Basic Safety Tips Turn Around, Don t Drown! Avoid waking or driving through food waters. Just six inches of moving water can knock you down, and two feet of water can sweep your vehice away. If there is a chance of fash fooding, move immediatey to higher ground. Fash foods are the number one cause of weather-reated deaths in the U.S. If foodwaters rise around your car but the water is not moving, abandon the car and move to higher ground, but do not eave the car and enter moving water. Avoid camping or parking aong streams, rivers, and creeks during heavy rainfa. These areas can food quicky and with itte warning. When it is not fooding: Make a food pan Know your food risk. Make a food emergency pan. Buid or restock your emergency preparedness kit, incuding a fashight, batteries, cash, and first aid suppies. Consider buying food insurance. Famiiarize yoursef with oca emergency pans. Know where to go and how to get there shoud you need to get to higher ground, the highest eve of a buiding, or to evacuate. Stay tuned to your phone aerts, TV, or radio for weather updates, emergency instructions, or evacuation orders. Coumbus AFB fire station awarded accredited status U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stormy Archer An F-16 Fighting Facon, E-3 Sentry, F-35A Lightning II, F/A-18 Super Hornet and an EA-18 Grower are set up in a static dispay Aug. 29, 2016, during Exercise Northern Lightning at Vok Fied, Wisconsin. Northern Lightning aowed a five of these aircraft the opportunity integrate and operate in a joint environment whie performing counter air, suppression and destruction of enemy air defense and cose air support in a contested environment. Working with the F-35A reay provides a unique capabiity for us, Capt. Austin Kennedy, E/A-18 Grower eectronic warfare officer, said. They aow us the opportunity to train against more advanced threats that a fourth-generation aircraft woudn t be abe to go after. This is the first time the program has supported such an extensive aircraft depoyment, 1st Lt. Krista Wooden, 33rd AMXS Aircraft Maintenance Unit assistant officer in charge, said. We were abe to simuate a depoyed priority on our suppy system, (and) successfuy gauge the ogistics of how a depoyment wi successfuy run its course. The F-35A piots practiced joint operations with F-16 Fighting Facons, F/A-18 Super Hornets, E/A-18 Growers and E-3 Sen- tries to create a more etha and survivabe strike package. The experience gained from depoying as a tota force wi shape how the units work together in future combat operations. Working with the F-35A reay provides a unique capabiity for us, Capt. Austin Kennedy, E/A-18 Grower eectronic warfare officer, said. They aow us the opportunity to train against more advanced threats that a fourth-generation aircraft woudn t be abe to go after. The (ow observabe) characteristics of the jet make our jamming more effective, and it makes it easier for us to do our job. The dynamic threat environment of the 115th Fighter Wing s Northern Lightning exercise provides a unique training ground for the fifth generation fighter with surface to air threats, a arge air space that extends up to 50,000 feet, inter-service training and an expansive range for ive and inert weapons drops. Thanks to the Air Nationa Guard, and their hercuean efforts to make this exercise happen, said Lt. Co. Brad Bashore, 58th FS commander, said. Thank you to the Duuth and Madison Guard for being our adversaries during this exercise. It s not aways fun being red air and fying against us when you re at a disadvantage. We coudn t have done this without you. Staff Sgt. Stephanie Engar 14th Fying Training Wing Pubic Affairs The Coumbus Air Force Base Fire Emergency Services in Coumbus, Mississippi has received Accredited Status with the Commission on Fire Accreditation Internationa for meeting the criteria estabished through the CFAI s vountary sef-assessment and accreditation program. Mr. Gibert Montoya, the Director of Logistics, Instaations and Mission Support, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio Randoph, Texas, presented Rick Songer, 14th Civi Engineer Fire Chief, the award during his base visit Aug. 31. Coumbus AFB s McAister Fire Station is the second fire department in the state of Mississippi, as we as the fourth in Air Education and Training Command, to achieve this accredited status. It is the 221st in the word. It s an honor to be awarded accreditation status and it truy demonstrates the dedication of the department to provide the highest eve of service possibe to the community we serve, Songer said. Receiving accreditation through CFAI requires hundreds of hours of work. To receive accreditation, a fire station must sef-assess on categories such as training, programs, resources and panning, and demonstrate proficiency in each. Coumbus AFB s fire station is named after Robert McAister, one of the Air Force s most highy-decorated firefighters, who served as the Coumbus AFB Fire Chief from 1981 to The station conducts fire prevention and response to Coumbus Air Force Base as we as providing assistance to City of Coumbus and Lowndes County fire departments. CFAI is dedicated to assisting the fire and emergency service agencies throughout the word in achieving exceence through sef-assessment and accreditation in order to provide continuous quaity improvement and the enhancement of service deivery to their communities. The accreditation process is vountary, and provides an agency with an improvement mode to assess their service deivery and performance. U.S. Air Force photo/eizabeth Owens Gibert Montoya, Director of Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection for Air Education and Training Command at Randoph Air Force Base, Texas, presents an award of accreditation to Rick Songer, 14th Civi Engineer Fire Chief, at McAister Fire Station on Aug. 31 at Coumbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. McAister Fire Station is the second fire department in the state of Mississippi, as we as the fourth in Air Education and Training Command, to achieve this accredited status.

6 6 Aircraft Fact Sheets: F-35A Air Force Readiness Programs (Editor s note: A activities are offered at the Airman & Famiy Readiness Center uness otherwise specified. For more information about any of the activities isted, ca ) ALS Airmen graduate as eaders, future NCOs Transition Assistance Program GPS Workshop Mission This workshop is hed 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sept The Transition Assistance Program Workshop has seminars on: Transition, Miitary Occupationa Code Crosswak, Financia Panning, Heath Benefits, Mississippi Dept. of Empoyment Security, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Disabed TAP, Dept. of Labor TAP portion. Preseparation counseing is required before attending. Recommend attendance is 8 12 months prior to separation/retirement. Spouses are encouraged to attend with their sponsor. For more information or to register ca The F-35A is the U.S. Air Force s atest fifth-generation fighter. It wi repace the U.S. Air Force s aging feet of F-16 Fighting Facons and A-10 Thunderbot II s, which have been the primary fighter aircraft for more than 20 years, and bring with it an enhanced capabiity to survive in the advanced threat environment in which it was designed to operate. With its aerodynamic performance and advanced integrated avionics, the F-35A wi provide next-generation steath, enhanced situationa awareness, and reduced vunerabiity for the United States and aied nations. Features The conventiona takeoff and anding (CTOL) F-35A gives the U.S. Air Force and aies the power to dominate the skies anytime, anywhere. The F-35A is an agie, versatie, high-performance, 9g capabe mutiroe fighter that combines steath, sensor fusion, and unprecedented situationa awareness. The F-35A s advanced sensor package is designed to gather, fuse and distribute more information than any fighter in history, giving operators a decisive advantage over a adversaries. Its processing power, open architecture, sophisticated sensors, information fusion and fexibe communication inks make the F-35 an indispensabe too in future homeand defense, Joint and Coaition irreguar warfare and major combat operations. The F-35 s eectronic sensors incude the Eectro-Optica Distributed Aperture System (DAS). This system provides piots with situationa awareness in a sphere around the aircraft for enhanced missie warning, aircraft warning, and day/night piot vision.. Additionay, the aircraft is equipped with the Eectro-Optica Targeting System (EOTS). The internay mounted EOTS provides extended range detection and precision targeting against ground targets, pus ong range detection of air-to-air threats. The F-35 s hemet mounted dispay system is the most advanced system of its kind. A the inteigence and targeting information an F-35 piot needs to compete the mission is dispayed on the hemet s visor. The F-35 s engine produces 43,000 bs of thrust and consists of a 3-stage fan, a 6-stage compressor, an annuar combustor, a singe stage high-pressure turbine, and a 2 stage ow-pressure turbine. The F-35 is designed to provide the piot with unsurpassed situationa awareness, positive target identification and precision strike in a weather conditions. Mission systems integration and outstanding over-the-nose visibiity features are designed to dramaticay enhance piot performance. Background The F-35 is designed to repace aging fighter inventories incuding U.S. Air Force F-16s and A-10s, U.S. Navy F/A-18s, U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers and F/A-18s, and U.K. Harrier GR.7s and Sea Harriers. With steath and a host of next-generation technoogies, the F-35 wi be far and away the word s most advanced muti-roe fighter. There exists an aging feet of tactica aircraft wordwide. The F-35 is intended to sove that probem. On October 26, 2001, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technoogy and Logistics Edward C. Pete Adridge Jr. announced the decision to proceed with the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. This approva advanced the program to the System Deveopment and Demonstration (SDD) phase. The Secretary of the Air Force James G. Roche announced the seection of Lockheed Martin teamed with Northrop Grumman and BAE to deveop and then produce the JSF aircraft. Community Produce Piots, Advance Airmen, Feed the Fight U.S. Air Force photo/staff Sgt. Darene Setmann The F-35 Lightning II makes its first appearance March 10, 2014, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. The aircraft was fown in directy from the Lockheed Martin factor at Fort Worth, Texas, and is the first of 144 F-35s that wi eventuay be assigned to the base. Troops To Teachers This workshop is 10:30 a.m. - noon Sept. 21. It is an informationa workshop for members pursing or interested in a teaching career after the miitary. For more information or to register ca Linked-In Workshop The Linked-In workshop is Sept , 2-5 p.m. You earn how to estabish and use a Linked-In account. To register and more information pease ca Pre-separation Counseing This counseing is a mandatory briefing for personne separating or retiring, to be competed at east 90 days prior to separation. It may be competed up to 12 months prior to separation or retirement. The counseing is hed daiy at 8:30 a.m. It takes approximatey 60 minutes. Pease contact A&FRC, / for more information. Pre, Post Depoyment Tour Brief U.S. Air Force photo/samue King Jr. The Roya Netherands air force F-35A Lightning II ifts off for its first fight Dec. 18, 2013, from Egin Air Force Base, Forida. Maj. Laurens Vijge became the first RNLAF piot to fy the joint strike fighter and the fight marks the first sortie for the RNLAF here. These briefings are mandatory briefings for active-duty personne who are either depoying or returning from depoyment or a remote tour. The briefings are hed daiy at the A&FRC. Pre-depoyment is at 9:30 a.m., and post-depoyment is at 1:30 p.m. Pease contact A&FRC, / for more information. Survivor-Benefit Pan Are you nearing miitary retirement? The 11 DRMO Recyce first by using the Defense Reutiization and Marketing Office as your faciity s source of suppy. Authorized personne may retrieve property free of charge if the property is sti physicay ocated here in Base Suppy and marked at DRMO faciities. Other DRMO processing is avaiabe via the web at mi. Cost of shipping wi appy. Pease ca Inspection at to review DRMO property or Stock Contro at with questions or concerns you may have. Parking and assistance is avaiabe in the back of buiding 158. Zero Overpricing Program Interested in saving the Air Force money and making a itte yoursef? As part of the Air Force Innovative Deveopment Empoyee Awareness Program there are award incentives for price chaenges that resut in tangibe savings. In accordance with AFI , responsibe personne wi receive a monetary award. Personne are encouraged to participate on any overpricing issues daiy. Pease ca Customer Support at for any advice or guidance. Career Technica Training This transition event is hed 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Sept and expores technica careers for post miitary personne using VA Educationa benefits. It is conducted by CALIBRE, a private company contracted by DVA. Prior registration is required, company requires 10 days notification and must have minimum of eight participates. For more information or to register ca Saint Leo University U.S. Air Force photo/eizabeth Owens Sixteen Airman Leadership Schoo Cass 16-6 students graduate Sept. 1 at Coumbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Airmen spend over 190 hours tota in ALS earning about the toos they wi use as an Air Force eader and future NCO. one decision you wi need to make before you retire invoves participation in the Survivor Benefit Pan. As with a good decision-making, you need to know the facts before you can make a sound decision, and be wary of anyone teing you they can offer you a better dea. Aways get the true facts about the SBP before making up your mind. Additiona detais are avaiabe by caing (662) Miitary and Famiy Life Consutant Program The MFLC counseors provide non-medica counseing to hep Airmen (both singe and married), their spouses and other famiy members to cope with stressfu situations created by depoyments, reintegration, and ife chaenges such as martia issues, parenting, career stress and anger. A consutants are icensed menta heath providers. Counseors can meet either on or off base. There is no charge for services and appointments can usuay be made within one to two days. To contact the MFLC, ca Vounteer Opportunities If you are interested in vounteering pease contact the Airman & Famiy Readiness Center. We have vounteer opportunities ocated throughout the base for a one-time event, specia events, or on a continua basis. Vounteers are needed on base at the Youth Center, Chid Deveopment Center, Library, Gof Course, Medica Cinic, Chape, Airman Attic, Thrift Store, the Retiree Activities office and many others. For more information pease ca A&FRC at Air Force Recovery Coordination Program The Recovery Coordination Program streamines and improves the way care and support are deivered to wounded, i, and injured Airmen and their famiies. The RCP provides the support of a Recovery Care Coordinator who guides the Airman and famiy aong their road to recovery. Those eigibe incude wounded, i and injured Airmen who: (1) have a serious iness or injury (2) are unikey to return to duty within a specified amount of time (3) may be medicay separated from the miitary. Additiona detais are avaiabe by contacting the Coumbus AFB RCC at DSN: , Office: or tim.griggs.1.ctr@us.af.mi. Persona Financia Readiness Make the most of your money. Contact Deores Sherman, Persona Financia Counseor, for an appointment at , or She can hep manage finances, resove financia probems, and reach ong-term goas such as getting an education, buying a home and panning for retirement. Learn How to Read Your LES Having a hard time understanding your Leave and Earning Statement? Need a refresher so that you can mentor your subordinates on their entitements? Finance has you covered. If you woud ike for Finance to come to your next CC ca or Professiona Organization event, you can contact Master Sgt. Sabrina Spriggs at DSN or Senior Airman Juianna White at DSN SLU offers on-base casses in psychoogy, crimina justice, and business administration. Onine and CD-ROM casses are aso avaiabe. Ca Saint Leo at (dia 99 on-base) or stop by room 120 in buiding 926 (od Personne buiding). Chape Schedue Whether you are new to Coumbus Air Force Base or have been around for a whie, our parish communities wecome you to join us as we worship, feowship, and encourage one another. For more information, pease ca Cathoic Community Sundays: 3:45 p.m. Reigious Education, grades K-9 (Chape Annex) 4 p.m. Choir Practice (Chape Sanctuary) 4 p.m. Confession (or by appointment) 5 p.m. Mass w/chidren s Church Tuesdays: 11:30 a.m. Daiy Mass Wednesdays: 11:30-12:30 p.m. Adoration Protestant Community Sundays: 9 a.m. Adut Sunday Schoo (Chape Library) 10:45 a.m. Traditiona Worship Service Tuesdays: 5 p.m. Student Piot Bibe Study (Chape Library) Wednesdays: 4 p.m. - Music Rehearsa Ecumenica services Wednesdays: 6 p.m. AWANA, a reigious education program for chidren ages three years od to 6th grade 6 p.m. Adut Bibe study on the Gospe of John 6 p.m. Youth Group

7 10 FSS Services 7 Coumbus Air Force Base Information and Events Join our Facebook page at Coumbus AFB Living, Twitter MyAirForceLife App on any smart phone or visit our website at coumbusafbiving.com to keep up to date with a the great events happening around base. Check out the caendar on the website for important Airman and Famiy Readiness Center events. For more information, contact Free David Cook Concert and Poo Party The Force Support is offering a free American Ido Winner David Cook Concert at 7 p.m. on Sept. 25. This event wi be hed at the soccer fied next to the Coumbus Cub. The poo party wi be begin at 4 p.m. For more information, contact White Water Rafting Trip Head down the Ocoee River in Tennessee Sept Cost is $139 per person. Incudes transportation, rafting, odging & unch on Saturday. Ca for more information and to sign-up. Must be 12+ years of age. SAI R4R subsidized cost. Pear River Resort Casino Trip Outdoor Recreation is offering a monthy casino trip to Pear River Resort. Upcoming dates are Sept. 24, Oct. 22, Nov. 19, and Dec. 17. The cost is ony $25 per person; incudes $20 in pay credit at casino and transportation. Outdoor Recreation bus departs Exchange/Shoppette parking ot at 1:30 p.m. Any party of 10 or more may book transportation to casino anytime for $25 per person. For more information, contact It s footba season, Thursday NFL Footba Come out to the Cub on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. starting on Sept. 15. There wi be food specias and prize giveaway. The compete game schedue is avaiabe at the Coumbus Cub. Ca for more information. UFC 203 Miocic vs. Overeem Come out to the Cub on Saturday Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. to watch UFC Fight 203. The doors open for the pre-fight at 7 p.m. and the main fight is at 10:30 p.m. There wi be food and drink specias. Aduts ony pease. Youth Fa Soccer Registration Register youth s ages 3 18 for soccer at the Youth Center unti Sept 16. A games wi be payed on base. Coached interested in signing-up up can do so by Sept 9. Pease contact the Youth Center for more information at The Overrun Open Friday Nights The Overrun is open Fridays 4:30 p.m. unti midnight. Bar menu incudes chicken wing basket, chicken tender basket, cub wrap, or buffao chicken wrap. For more information, contact Library Hours of Operation The Base Library hours of operation are Mondays Fridays 11 a.m. 5:30 p.m.; Sundays 1 5 p.m.; Saturdays and hoidays cosed. For more information, contact Coumbus Cub Lunch Buffet Specias The Coumbus Cub is offering a unch buffet Tuesday - Friday 11 a.m. 1:30 p.m. Taco Tuesday incudes tacos and nachos for ony $5 per cub member and $6 per non-member; Wednesday has pizza and wings, Thursday is southern, and Friday is catfish and spaghetti. Cost of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday buffet is ony $7.95 for cub members and $8.95 for non-members. For more information, contact Story Time and Circe Time at the Library The Base Library is offering Story Time every Friday at 11 a.m. for a ages. Circe Time is offered each Wednesday at 11 a.m. for ages up to 4 years od. For more information, contact Bowing Center Party Specias The Bowing Center is offering two options for a your party needs. Option 1 incudes 2 hours of unimited bowing and shoe renta for ony $8.50 per person. Option 2 incudes 2 hours of unimited bowing, shoe renta, and a chid mea for ony $11.50 per person. Choice of mea incudes chicken tenders, hot dog, corn dog, or gried cheese served with fries and drink. You may bring in a cake, cupcakes, and ice cream. No other outside food and drinks aowed. For more information, contact Cosmic Bowing Specia The Bowing Center is offering Cosmic Bowing for ony $12 per person every Friday and Saturday night from 5 8 p.m. You aso may purchase individua games for $3 per game with purchase of $1.50 shoe renta. For more information, contact Take & Bake Pizzas at the Bowing Center Large and medium grab and go ready pizzas for you to take home and bake yoursef avaiabe at the bowing center. Save $2 per pizza. Lawn Mower Repair Lawn mower repair is now avaiabe at Outdoor Recreation. The cost is ony $40 per hour pus parts; pickup and deivery avaiabe. Sef-hep bicyce repair is aso avaiabe. For more information, contact Hobby and Craft Instructors Needed Do you have a hobby or craft project you can share with others? For more information, contact Referees Needed Referees needed for various sports at the Fitness Center. For more information or to sign up, contact Pay Paintba Book your next paintba event at Outdoor Recreation. The cost is $15 per person for a party of 10 or more; $20 per person for party of nine or ess. You must purchase paint at Outdoor Recreation for $45 per case of 2,000. For more information, contact Make Your Shopping Easier Force Support gift cards are avaiabe in increments of $5 to fit any budget. They can be used at most Force Support faciities at Air Force instaations wordwide and they never go out of stye. Purchase your gift card at one of the foowing ocations: Bowing Center, Gof Course or Youth Center. For more information, contact Braziian Jiu Jitsu Cass Free casses are schedued every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 6 p.m. The benefits incude huge gains in confidence, functiona strength, fexibiity, discipine, and overa physica conditioning. Mandatory equipment: BJJ Kimono (Gi); for ages 13 and up. For more information, contact Hot Fusion Fitness Cass Hot Fusion is a fun unique workout that combines strength, baance and od schoo dance. This tota body workout is fun for a ages and is offered Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5:15 p.m. at the fitness center. For more information, contact RV Storage Lot Don t cutter your home space, park with us. Outdoor Recreation offers a great pace to store your RV year around. You wi have 24-hour access and can pay monthy or yeary. For more information, ca Green Pate Specia Whispering Pines Gof Course offers a specia for unch Monday through Friday. For more information, ca or check us out on Facebook at Coumbus AFB Living or Instructiona Casses at Youth Center Youth Programs is offering piano essons, guitar essons, tumbing casses, dance casses, and martia arts instruction. Times and ages vary for a casses. Ca or stop by the Youth Center for more information. Fitness on Request CAFB Fitness and Sports offers a truy comprehensive group fitness patform that is avaiabe a day and competey customizabe to meet your needs with over 30 different casses on the Fitness on Request system. For more information, ca Space A Lodging The Magnoia Inn usuay has openings for Space A famiy and singe units. Contact the odging desk at Ride in Stye If you don t want to eave your car at the airport over a vacation, we can hep you out. Outdoor Recreation offers a shutte service to the airport of your choice. Ca for more information. Viewpoint Be a thermostat, not a thermometer Lt. Co. Derek Oakey 41st Fying Training Commander Visit to earn about Coumbus AFB agencies and other important information. Like a thermostat, great eaders sense when there are changes in the organization are not in ine with estabished standards. They activey seek out to change the organizationa temperature or cuture to bring it back in ine with their expectations. As we remain within the heat of the summer here in Coumbus, there becomes one essentia piece of equipment most can rarey do without: our air conditioner. This is because temperature has a significant effect on our moods and behaviors. When we get extremey hot or cod our bodies wi naturay attempt to conserve by drawing bood away from our extremities such as our hands and feet. The intent is that these areas are not as essentia as maintaining our core temperature for surviva. Did you know that within our organizations we tend to do the same thing? When I refect back on my experiences at the 12 bases I ve been stationed at in my career, I often ask mysef why peope foow certain individuas, or seek out their eadership. Conversey, I wonder why they avoid or dissent from other s eadership. I ve decided it s because the organizations with great eaders are ones in which the cutura temperature is idea for maximum performance. Whereas those organizations with poorer eadership are ones in which the cutura temperature is overy hot or cod, and ike our bodies, the organization is etting things side in order to keep their core aive. So how do we effect the temperature within our organizations as eaders? We do this by being a thermostat, not a thermometer. A thermometer is too with which most of us are famiiar. The sma bub at the bottom contains iquid that is temperature sensitive and fis the thermometer to an appropriate ine based upon the given heat it experiences. A thermometer is not an active too, but simpy a refection of the temperature in the surrounding air. Much ike the thermometer, there are eaders who are not activey eading their organization, but simpy refecting the moods, beiefs, and behaviors of the members of their organization. Since peope wi aways ook for the path of east resistance, they wi often ignore or overook issues within their organization they fee are non-essentia. However, once peope start ignoring the sma things, they eventuay begin to ignore bigger issues. With a eader who refects these behaviors, an organization wi eventuay miss something big enough to cause mission faiure. In contrast, a thermostat is not a passive too, but one which activey sets the temperature in the room to the desired eve. It senses the temperature surrounding it, notices the changes are not in ine with its setting, and activates either hot or cod air to bring the temperature back within its standards. A thermostat is an active too which sets the temperature of the surrounding air. Like a thermostat, great eaders sense when there are changes in the organization are not in ine with estabished standards. They activey seek out to change the organizationa temperature or cuture to bring it back in ine with their expectations. This aows the organization to continue to focus not ony on their core mission, but a the supporting tasks necessary for utimate success. A thermostat-type eader is one who sets and enforces standards. They aso see their organization through the ens of ownership such as this organization wi never get better uness I activey work on it, vs through the ens of renter-ship this organization is temporary and someone ese wi fix it. Finay, they empower their subordinates to aso be thermostats to ensure the organizationa temperature is optimized throughout every aspect. So, whie the temperature continues to rise this summer, understand without the aid of your home s thermostat, the air conditioner woud never activate. Leaders who are thermostats cause an activation in their peope that resuts in not ony mission success, but the desire to foow, earn, and eventuay ead in the future.

8 8 Feature T-1A Jayhawk SUPT Cass earns siver wings Twenty officers have prevaied during a year of training, earning the right to become Air Force piots. Speciaized Undergraduate Piot Training Cass graduates at 10 a.m. today during a ceremony at the Kaye Auditorium. Co. Derek Routt, Deputy Chief of Staff for Continenta United States North American Aerospace Defense Command Region, is the graduation guest speaker. Students wi receive their siver piot s wings at the ceremony, and students who exceed in their respective training tracks are recognized. 2nd Lt. Ian Fynn, T-38, and 2nd Lt. Jordan Ah Loy, T-1, received the Air Education and Training Command Commander s Trophy for being the most outstanding students overa in their casses. Capt. Jonathan Ostwat 1st Lt. Eric Dahin 1st Lt. Yusuke Nakamura The Air Force Association Award was presented to Taahassee, Fa. St. Pau, Minn. Hyogo, Japan 2nd Lt. Ian Fynn, T-38, and 2nd Lt. Robert Werner, T-1. KC-10A, JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. T-1A, Coumbus AFB, Miss. F-15J, Japan The award is presented to a graduate in each fight who exceed in training and typified the tenets of the association; promoting aerospace power and a strong nationa defense. 2nd Lt. Ian Fynn, T-38, 2nd Lt. Jordan Ah Loy, T-1, and 2nd Lt. Ross Cari, T-1, were named the distinguished graduates of SUPT Cass The 52-week piot training program begins with a six-week prefight phase of academics and physioogica training to prepare students for fight. The second phase, primary training, is conducted in the singe-engine, turboprop T-6A Texan II at Coumbus AFB, Miss. Students earn aircraft fight characteristics, 2nd Lt. Nichoas Birbiis 2nd Lt. Ross Cari 2nd Lt. Meinda Coe emergency procedures, takeoff and anding procedures, aerobatics Cherry Hi, N.J. Cayuga, Ind. Madison, Wis. and formation fying. Students aso practice night, instrument and C-17A, JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. KC-135R, Kadena AB, Japan 2nd Lt. Ian Fynn Brevard, N.C. F-22A, Tynda AFB, Fa. KC-135R, Genera Mitche ANG, Wis. 2nd Lt. Robert Havens Fort Wayne, Ind. C-130J, Litte Rock AFB, Ark. 2nd Lt. James Hoand Brighton, Tenn. U-28A, Cannon AFB, N.M. 2nd Lt. Riey Martin Louisvie, Ky. E-3, Tinker AFB, Oka. T-38C Taon cross country navigation fying. Primary training takes approximatey 23 weeks and incudes hours of ground training, 27.3 hours in the fight simuator and 89 hours in the T-6A aircraft. After primary training, students seect, by order of merit, advanced training in the fighter-bomber or airift-tanker track. Both tracks are designed to best train piots for successfu transition to their foow-on aircraft and mission. Advanced training for the fighter track is done in the T-38C Taon, a tandem-seat, twin-engine supersonic jet. T-38 training emphasizes formation, advanced aerobatics and navigation. Training takes approximatey 26 weeks and incudes 381 hours of ground training, 31.6 hours in the fight simuator and hours in the 2nd Lt. Maxwe Ader 2nd Lt. Jordan Ah Loy 2nd Lt. David Baker T-38C aircraft. Phoenix, Md. Kane ohe, Hawaii Louisvie, Ky. The airift-tanker track uses the T-1A Jayhawk, T-6A, Coumbus AFB, Miss. KC-135R, JB Pear Harbor-Hickam, C-130H, Louisvie ANG, Ky. the miitary version of a muti-pace Hawaii Beech Jet 400 business jet. Instruction centers on crew coordination and management, instrument training, cross-country fying and simuated refueing and airdrop missions. Training takes about 26 weeks and incudes 185 hours of ground training, 53.6 hours in the fight simuator and 76.4 hours in the T-1A. Each cass is partnered with business or civic organizations during their year of training. This program is designed to foster coser ties between the community and Coumbus AFB. Today, each student wi be given a set of piot wings with their names engraved on the 2nd Lt. Eric DuPre 2nd Lt. Christopher Eiot back as a token of good uck from their partners. SUPT Cass nd Lt. John D Onofrio E. Sandwich, Mass. Rochester, N.Y. Fayettevie, N.C. piot partners are PACCAR. C-130H, New Caste ANG, De. 2nd Lt. Robert Russe Nicevie, Fa. C-17A, JB Lewis-McChord, Wash. 2nd Lt. Moussa Wade Dakar, Senega Super King Air 200, Senega 2nd Lt. Robert Werner Port Orchard, Wash. C-21, Ramstein AB, Germany T-6A, Coumbus AFB, Miss. 2nd Lt. Thomas Yoder Boomington, I. F-15E, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. C-17A, JB Chareston, S.C. 9