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    <pre style="white-space:pre-line"><code>vol. 3, no. 21  Serving Southern Nevadaâ€™s military community, including Nellis, Creech and NTTR                                       oct. 11, 2019

                        An Aerotech news And review publicAtion â€¢ www.Aerotechnews.com

Born out of combat necessity:

RPA Airmen host Defense Innovation Board

by Senior Airman Haley Stevens             improvements for the highly-demanded
                                           MQ-9 Reaper platform.
Creech AFB, Nev.
                                              â€œThere is a certain kind of electric-
   Airmen with the 432nd Wing/432nd        ity on the base when the DIB comes to
Air Expeditionary Wing highlighted the     visit,â€ said Col. Stephen Jones, 432nd
wingâ€™s creative advancements to visitors   WG/432nd AEW commander. â€œThe dis-
from the Secretary of Defenseâ€™s Innova-    cussions are thorough and enlightening.
tion Board, Defense Innovation Unit and    The Airmen are inspired and motivated.
Defense Digital Service at Creech Air      Overall, it reminds us to embrace new
Force Base, Nev., Sept. 12, 2019.          ways of thinking and creative solutions
                                           to entrenched issues. Itâ€™s one of the many
   The Defense Innovation Board mem-       ways we keep our airmen--the men and
bers are distinguished leaders across      women who drive the future of our en-
civilian industries and academia who       terprise â€” focused yet nimble.â€
lead large, innovative organizations or
conduct groundbreaking research in            As efforts to make tomorrowâ€™s Air
fields relevant to the Department of De-
fense. The group is made up of prominent                                                                                                Air Force photographs by Senior Airman Haley Stevens
business leaders, scholars, inventors,
and scientists such as the director of                                                      Members of the Defense Innovation Board, Defense Innovation
the Hayden Planetarium, Neil deGrasse                                                       Unit and Defense Digital Services receive a brief from an
Tyson.                                                                                      Airman at an MQ-9 Reaper display at Creech Air Force Base,
                                                                                            Nev., Sept. 12, 2019. The group is made up of prominent
   During their visit, Creech Airmen                                                        business leaders, scholars, inventors, and scientists such as
showcased examples of their forward-                                                        the director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil Degrasse Tyson.
thinking and innovative solutions within
the Remotely Piloted Aircraft enterprise.                                                   LEFT: Members of the Defense Innovation Board and Defense
Members of the DIB also heard from                                                          Digital Service interact with Creech Airmen during a tour of
the operators on possible changes and                                                       Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Sept. 12, 2019. While hosting the
                                                                                            group, Creech Airmen showcased examples of their forward-
                                                                                            thinking and innovative solutions within the Remotely
                                                                                            Piloted Aircraft enterprise. DIB, DIU and DDS members had
                                                                                            the opportunity to speak with maintainers while at a 432nd
                                                                                            Maintenance Group MQ-9 static display.

Neil deGrasse Tyson interacts with an Airman during a tour of Creech Air Force Base, Nev.,  Force faster and smarter continue, 432nd  Defense Innovation Unit formalize this
Sept. 12, 2019.                                                                             WG leadership make empowering Air-        partnership.â€
                                                                                            men to innovate and developing bold
                                                                                            leaders top priorities.                      Throughout the day, DIB, DIU and
                                                                                                                                      DDS members had the opportunity to
                                                                                               â€œInnovation is in the Air Forceâ€™s      see Aircrew at the 42nd Attack Squad-
                                                                                            DNA; it is why American air power is      ron, flight simulators at the 432nd Op-
                                                                                            such an overwhelming, dominant force      erations Support Squadron, and speak
                                                                                            worldwide today,â€ Jones said. â€œAt the     with maintainers while at a 432nd
                                                                                            same time, our country develops and       Maintenance Group MQ-9 static display.
                                                                                            nurtures some of the best academic and
                                                                                            business minds in the world; itâ€™s only       â€œI have been very pleased with what
                                                                                            logical we would avail ourselves of any   Iâ€™ve seen today,â€ said Gilman Louie, advi-
                                                                                            chance to share and develop ideas to      sor to the DIB and former developer of
                                                                                            improve our operations. Organizations     the F-16 Falcon flight simulator. â€œOne
                                                                                            like the Defense Innovation Board and     												 See rpa, on Page 2

INSIDE: Commentary â€” 2; News â€” 3-6; Veteransâ€™ News â€” 8; Photo Feature â€” 10 & 11; Nellis Living â€” 12-16</code></pre>
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