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experience and a few combat anecdotes. He emphasized that the weapons officers of Class 17A will need to be not only experts in the tactics of their specialty but also professionals highly skilled in integrating with and leading diverse teams.
“You will do the complex [Weapons School integration phases] to learn how to lead our nation’s most difficult com- bat events,” said Kelly. “Weapons officers are called upon to do the missions no one has ever thought of doing before.”
Kelly’s message exemplified the Weapons School’s intent for the CLS.
As a professional development initiative, the CLS lay- ers leadership lessons from the day students start a class to integration and graduation. Speakers are scheduled once a month to reinforce leadership skills students gain as they move through the course.
“The desired end state is to go from a tactical small- team leadership dynamic within CLS that builds to strategic and transformational leadership that can cre- ate organizational change,” said Col. Michael Drowley, Weapons School commandant.
In the past, the Weapons School CLS sessions were open only to the students and cadre. In 2017, however, the Nellis community will have opportunities to hear the speakers’ presentations in other base venues. The speakers will include not only military personnel but also leaders from all walks of life, including sports, entertainment and corporate businesses.
Lt. Gen. Mark D. Kelly, commander of AFSOUTH and 12th Air Force, speaks at the U.S. Air Force Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Jan. 13. Kelly presented the initial Commandant Lecture Series session of Class 17A.
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“Here at Red Flag there is a great sense of ur- gency,” said Airman 1st Class Anhre Bourgeois, 388th AMXS, F-35A weapons troop. “We are always on the go. If it ever came to a real world contingency I think it will be the same thing. Just constantly on the go to get the job done and the jets up in the air. Red Flag really prepares me for that.”
The F-35’s combined lethality and survivability make it the platform of choice for operations in a highly-contested threat environment. The F-35 will be the backbone of future joint and combined air operations, enabling critical interoperability.
“It’s an eye opening experience to be out here,” said Bourgeois. “It’s not every day that you get to work on an aircraft as smart as the F-35A. It’s definitely taught me a lot and I’m very humbled to be working on an aircraft like this.”
This is the first deployment to Red Flag for the F-35A and the first large movement since the Air Force declared the jet combat ready in August 2016.
“Red Flag is going great for the Rams, said Lt. Col. George Watkins, 34th Fighter Squadron com- mander Hill Air Force Base, Utah. “It is exciting to integrate the newest operational fighter squadron and the newly initial operational capability F-35A with all the other experienced war fighter includ- ing two of our partner nations. The professional aggressors are giving us great training, but enemy is no match for our integrated fourth and fifth generation Air Force.”
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