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PEOPLE They developed an active-shooter acoustic to basic training at Avenger Field in Sweet- the ante against (ISIL), flying more than
FIRST detection system that could be hardwired into water, Texas. More than 25,000 women 55,000 sorties in support of Operation
existing fire alarm systems. They referred to applied, even some from Canada, England Inherent Resolve.”
Editor’s Note: The “People First” section is recent tragedies involving active-shooters, and Brazil, said Bernice “Bee” Falk Haydu,
compiled from information from the Air Force highlighting the fact that oftentimes law a WASP pilot from Montclair, New Jersey. KWWSZZZDIPLO1HZV$UWLFOH'LVSOD\WDELG
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Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James Senate Armed Services Committee March 3.
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the inaugural Defense, Diplomacy and SLORWVRIWRGD\WRPRUURZ Welsh III discussed the State of the Air Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James
Development Innovation Summit Pitch Force during a press conference at the and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark
Challenge, organized jointly by the Defense Before there could be a first female Pentagon March 7. A. Welsh III attested to the critical need
Department, State Department and the Thunderbird pilot or women flying combat of readiness. With less than half of the
U.S. Agency for International Development missions into Iraq and Afghanistan, there James acknowledged a lot has happened Air Force’s combat forces prepared for a
March 3 in Washington, D.C. were the pioneers: the Women’s Airforce since the last State of the Air Force address high-end fight, the senior leaders agreed
Service Pilots of World War II. in August 2015. adjustments need to be made to support the
The top six teams out of 500 submissions changing world and combatant command-
pitched their ideas to a panel of senior lead- In September 1942, nine months after the “In October, Russia launched its first ers’ requirements.
ers on how the U.S. might leverage tech- attack on Pearl Harbor, Army Air Forces airstrikes in Syria. In November, (Islamic
nology to advance defense, diplomacy and commander Gen. Henry H. “Hap” Arnold State of Iraq and the Levant) terrorists “We are now proposing to re-phase the
development objectives in innovative ways. stood up the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying attacked Paris again, as well as Lebanon, retirement of the A-10 (Thunderbolt II)
Squadron, or WAFS, and the Women’s Fly- Mali, and here at home in San Bernadino. and the (EC-130H) Compass Call aircraft,”
Team Active Shooter Protection won both ing Training Detachment, or WFTD. In January, China landed an aircraft on James said. “The bottom line here is we are
the “Feasibility” and the “Metrics” awards. a newly built runway in the South China not proposing to retire any of these aircraft
The team of members from four bases According to the Air Force Historical Sea … and then a few weeks ago, North in (fiscal year 2017). We do believe that we
included Capt. Chris Perrine, 1st Lt. Evan Support Division, both units merged July 5, Korea tested a nuclear weapon,” she said. will need to divest these weapons systems
Glowiak, 1st Lt. Dan Gunderson, 1st Lt. 1943, into a single unit for all women pilots in the future, but this (year’s change) will
Carlos Horner, 1st Lt. Andrew Hyde, and who were rapidly extending their qualifica- James added in Afghanistan, the Tali- maintain a sufficient number of fighter and
1st Lt. Bruce von Neiderhausern. tions to every type of aircraft in service. The ban, al-Qaida, ISIL and other anti- electronic attack aircraft across the force in
new unified group called itself the Women’s government groups, continue to conduct support of current operations.”
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