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ISIL, from page 1 ______________
“(ISIL) is very much afraid of our ability to has airpower been effective, but it has
strike them.”
Each of the coalition nations contributes
something significant to this fight.
“The fact that we have a coalition work-
ing together and fighting this enemy is
itself a demonstration of combined com-
mitment and overall effectiveness against
(ISIL),” said Canadian Brig. Gen. Patrice
Laroche, the Combined Air Operations
Center director. “Arab, European, Asian,
North American -- we all understand the
importance of defeating (ISIL).”
Operators in today’s fight know just
how critical coalition airpower is to enable
ground forces to get after the enemy and
Hesterman stated that virtually all are very
proud of the contribution they are making,
and should be.
UEI, from page 1 ______________
ing the unit and executing the mission.
“For previous inspections, there were set
criteria determined by functionals weeks
prior to the inspection and those are the
areas that units had to show compliance in.
Those days are gone, and the IG will look
for total program compliance in accordance
with the governing guidance of Air Force
Instructions, technical orders, Depart-
ment of Defense Instructions, etc.,” said
Maj. Jennifer Cowie, 99th Air Base Wing
IG director of inspections. “They will also
ensure our wing inspection team knows
how to properly inspect and find areas of
potential non-compliance. Everyone should
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“I expect my team to lean forward,
and they are,” Hesterman said. “Not only
enabled virtually every victory on the
battlefield and given the ground forces
time to regroup and get their forces in
order. It’s also given all our coalition na-
tions the space and time to execute the
international lines of effort for countering
flow of foreign fighters; countering (ISIL)
financing; providing humanitarian assis-
tance; countering (ISIL’s) messaging; and
stabilizing liberated areas, all of which will
be necessary to finish (ISIL).”
However, some critics have downplayed
airpower’s effectiveness and compared this
conflict to Desert Storm and Operation
Iraqi Freedom, but those are false com-
parisons according to U.S. Air Force Lt.
Col. Dave Haworth, the CAOC Combat
Operations director.
understand why we’re inspecting — to meet
the commander’s priorities.”
Lt. Col. Yira Muse, 99th ABW IG, said
the UEI capstone event will go a long way
in showing Nellis AFB Airmen this is not
the old inspection system with a new name,
and the inspectors are ready to help improve
the wing’s mission effectiveness.
“In the past, we wasted a lot of our effort from headquarters ACC IG looking for
taking our eyes off of mission readiness to
prepare to pass the inspection instead of
showing the inspectors how we do our mis-
sion,” Muse said. “Since we are a few months
out, now is the perfect opportunity to make
sure everything has been put in place and
is working. If you have deficiencies, each
Airmen should route that up through the
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“While pilots struck large numbers of
targets in Desert Storm and the opening
days of OIF, those fights had extremely dif-
ferent and available target sets,” Haworth
said. “In previous campaigns, we were
fighting against a conventional military
that massed in the open, away from the
civilian population. Those target sets don’t
exist in this fight now. We’re fighting an
enemy that hides behind civilians. You
simply can’t compare then to now.”
Targeting an enemy that hides among
the civilian population is difficult, accord-
ing to Haworth.
“It’s really complex to find the enemy,
but we are doing it,” Haworth said. “(ISIL)
leadership is on the defense because the
more we learn about this enemy, the more
targets open up. It’s a growth industry.”
U.S. Army Capt. Matt Mraz, the Joint
Personnel Recovery Cell deputy director,
chain, so your unit commander or wing
commander can decide how to reallocate
resources or accept the risk of continuing
on with the mission.”
Muse also said Airmen could receive
phone calls from ACC IG before the No-
vember Capstone.
“Do not be surprised if you get a call
permissions to look into your (Manage-
ment Internal Control Toolset) or anything
else, that is part of the process,” Muse said. your mission today, you should be able to
“Those requests should flow through our
office, but we know those types of calls
will go to the shop-level Airmen. If you are
on the receiving end of that request, vet it
through your chain of command to keep
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assesses
nuclear
accident
response
Airman 1st Class James Avdoian-
Salas, 99th Civil Engineer Squadron
firefighter, practices treating burn
wounds during a Nuclear Accident
Response Exercise at Nellis Air Force
Base, Nev., June 12. The NARE tested
the base’s response capability
to a nuclear weapons accident.
added that persistent air attack exploits
ISIL’s weaknesses, and it is clearly having
an effect in concert with ground forces.
“Our senior leaders have always said
this fight will be difficult and that it will
take time, but we’re committed as a coali-
tion team,” Mraz said. “I’m confident that
we are going to be able to take down these
kidnappers, rapists and murderers for the
good of all nations.”
Hesterman said he’s very proud of the
young men and women of the coalition
who are risking their lives every day to
go after the ISIL terrorists, and give the
world the time it needs to galvanize the
multiple lines of effort that will ultimately
finish ISIL.
“They’re exceptionally proud of what
they’re doing and their impact on the en-
emy,” Hesterman said. “They deserve the
deep respect of every one of us.”
them in the loop.”
The most important thing Airmen need
to know, said 99th ABW commander Col.
Richard Boutwell, is the Capstone is all
about self-awareness and the Capstone week
should run like a normal work week.
“I think we are going to do well, because
for us mission readiness is inspection readi-
ness,” Boutwell said. “Know your job and
give it your best effort each and every day. If
you say you are able to effectively accomplish
be inspected on that and pass, and I think
we are ready.”
For more information on the November
UEI Capstone, contact the 99th ABW IG
inspections office at 702-652-2535.