-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! 1229. A-10 crashes in Arizona NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFPN) -- An A-10 Thunderbolt II crashed Sept. 3 in Arizona near Mesquite, Nev. The single-seat aircraft belongs to the 23rd Fighter Group at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. Capt. Frederick H. Sellers, the pilot of the A-10, ejected from the aircraft and was treated and released from the Mike O'Callaghan Federal Hospital here. The A-10 is a twin-engine jet designed for close air support of ground forces. Air Force officials are investigating the incident. 1227. The legacy of Gen. Mike Ryan by Brig. Gen. Ron Rand Director of Public Affairs WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Sept. 6 is a big day for our Air Force. At 9 a.m., Gen. Michael E. Ryan, who has been our chief of staff for the past four years, will retire and Gen. John P. Jumper will become our 17th chief of staff. It's an exciting and important moment in our history -- the end of one era and the beginning of another. After all the farewells and thanks, General Ryan will depart, and amid all the welcomes and congrats, General Jumper will take the stick. His priorities as our top uniformed officer will be readiness, retention and transformation, and together with Dr. Jim Roche, our secretary, General Jumper will work hard to make sure we remain the world's greatest aerospace force. In one of his final media interviews, General Ryan was asked what he thought his legacy would be. In typical fashion, he downplayed talk of his own accomplishments, focusing on those of the Air Force team instead. That's the way he is; for him, the Air Force, and Air Force people, come first, in every decision he makes and every action he takes. He leads us from that position, with clear vision for the future, abiding passion for our institution, and unbridled compassion for our people. When he became chief of staff, General Ryan saw a need to return to our expeditionary roots, and embarked us on the transition to today's expeditionary aerospace force. He knew readiness and retention were our biggest near-term problems, and he set out to correct disturbing downward trends in both. Most importantly, he recognized that our strength is in our people, that the best equipment in the world is just machinery without bright, dedicated, enthusiastic, patriotic, well-cared-for Americans to operate and maintain it. And he dedicated himself to making us one force, one family -- to taking care of our people. It's our people he cares about the most -- every single one of them. In every crisis, and in every decision, he makes sure our first action is to take care of, both institutionally and personally, the people affected. His interest extends beyond the active duty force, to the Guard and Reserve, to our civilians and contractors, to our retirees, and, especially, to our families. It comes from his unshakable belief in the premise that we're an Air Force family and a family Air Force, and from his unbending commitment to the promise that we take care of own. For him, it's all about leadership. General Ryan believes leadership is a team sport, that it should not be personalized, and that good ideas are best when they don't have a single identity. So his leadership style focuses on group ideas and team accomplishments, rather than on him. He begins meetings with a request that everyone participate, because more input will result in better decisions, and because everyone working together is better and smarter than any one could be. He encourages collaboration and cooperation in all things, and sets the example in his teamwork with our secretary and with our sister services. And he's a great communicator. The chief recognizes the importance of telling our story -- to our airmen, to the media, to the public, and to Congress -- and he personally tackles the big and tough communication challenges. He also believes leadership is all about communicating, so he restored the chain of command as the primary information source for Air Force people. He has one hard-and-fast rule: when telling our story, our credibility with public and internal audiences depends on openness and honesty. Absolute integrity and truth need to be our watchwords. Nothing more, nothing less. He calls it, "blabbing the truth." In the last four years, we've become a much better Air Force, playing a much larger role on the world stage. We've built stability into our expeditionary operations, arrested readiness, restored our retirement, worked retention and recruiting hard to maintain the quality of our force, increased bonuses, gotten pay raises, fought for our people at every turn and so much more. General Ryan would tell you that's what the Air Force leadership team has been up to these past four years. That he would say that is the unique and selfless legacy of this third-generation airman, aviator, leader and patriot who has spent his whole life in the Air Force and who retires Sept. 6 with more than 36 years of active-duty service to this great nation of ours -- General Mike Ryan. 1228. Bright legacy, bright future by Dr. James G.Roche Secretary of the Air Force WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- The Air Force bids farewell on Sept. 6 to a friend, an exceptional leader, and a champion of Air Force standards and quality of life. We also hail on this day a new chief of staff, selected by President Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate, to preside over the total Air Force team as our highest uniformed leader. Gen. Michael E. Ryan dedicated more than 36 years of his life to our Air Force -- he sacrificed much and succeeded at all he did along the way. Our grateful nation and our superb Air Force are the beneficiaries of his exceptional leadership, his focus on improving quality of life for all airmen and their families, his innate sense of excellence, and his dedication to successfully transform us toward a fully expeditionary aerospace force. His legacy is a bright and promising future for aerospace power and all airmen on the total Air Force team, including our active duty, Air National Guard, Reserve, retirees, veterans, and families. It has been an incredible honor and a pleasure for me to have had the opportunity to serve with Gen. Mike Ryan. To me, he epitomizes the leader's ethic: my mission; my men; and only then, myself. Gen. John P. Jumper, our new chief of staff of the Air Force, brings an impressive background and broad experience to the job of helping to lead our total Air Force team onward in this new century. Somewhat like General Ryan's, his family ties to our service extend as far back as the Army Air Corps. His experience transcends both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with more than 1,400 combat hours in two Southeast Asia tours, and two full assignments in Europe. Having already proven himself a wise counsel and superlative leader at Air Combat Command, I am truly looking forward to serving with General Jumper in the months and years ahead. Our bright future awaits. Together with everyone else on our team, General Jumper and I will work to pilot the journey that will take us there. On behalf of the total Air Force team, I bid fond farewell with profound appreciation to Gen. Mike Ryan, and congratulate and welcome Gen. John Jumper, our 17th chief of staff of the Air Force. 1230. Merger enhances Air Force's senior leadership options by Master Sgt. Rick Burnham Air Force Print News WASHINGTON -- On paper, the merging of two major Air Force personnel offices in the Pentagon appears to simply be a matter of combining similar tasks, of streamlining an area in which one unit can do the job of two. But, Air Force officials said, the combination of the Air Force General Officer Matters Office with the Senior Executive Service Matters Office Sep. 1 will result in much more than just a transparent, organizational shift. The new office will provide the Air Force with an enhanced capability to manage its senior leaders -- a better avenue to put the best people in the positions they need to be in. "The merger of these two offices is a landmark effort," said Col. Richard S. Hassan, chief of AFGOMO. "It will better prepare us to realize the vast potential of our Air Force leaders." Hassan, who now heads the new Senior Leader Management Office, said the change gives the Air Force a number of advantages over the old system. "It will not only allow us to better use our leadership team, but will also allow us to develop that team more deliberately," he said. "This will lay a solid foundation, giving us a bigger pool of talent to meet the challenges of the future." The new structure will provide a number of different benefits for the Air Force of the 21st century, said Dr. James Roche, secretary of the Air Force,. He noted that the merger was the vision of Gen. Michael E. Ryan, who retires as Air Force chief of staff Sept. 6. "This combination will help us realize one of General Ryan's goals as chief of staff -- to build an enduring, unified cadre of aerospace leaders," Roche said. "In today's total Air Force, we simply must identify, develop and motivate talented individuals, military and civilian, to fulfill the missions of our expeditionary aerospace force. By merging our general officer and senior executive service programs, we will enhance operating efficiencies and reduce costs, while dramatically boosting 'cross-cultural' awareness among officers and senior civilians in the Air Force. "The development of leaders who understand the requirements of our total force -- active-duty military, civilian, Guard, Reserve, and contractor personnel -- will serve as yet another tangible hallmark of the tremendous contributions that Mike Ryan has made to his country during his military career," Roche said. The AFGOMO provided "lifecycle" management of Air Force flag officers, from the time they were selected for promotion to brigadier general until their retirement. That included all assignments, awards, housing and enlisted aide matters - essentially any personnel matter that would involve a general officer, Hassan said. AFSEMO provides policy guidance and assistance for the management and administration of the SES corps with the civilian personnel flights around the Air Force handling the day-to-day operations. Combining the two offices will essentially do two things for the Air Force, Hassan said. "This will send a strong message to the force that we definitely consider both general officers and SES civilians as part of the senior leadership of the Air Force," he said. "It also gives us the capability to more effectively use our leaders' various talents. In the future, we will look at certain challenges -- jobs -- and we'll be better positioned to find the most competent, talented individual to handle the task at hand." Hassan used a sports analogy to explain the benefits of the new organization. "A baseball team does not need nine pitchers," he said. "It needs shortstops and catchers and right fielders too. Instead of having half the team on one side and the other half on the other side, we're combining the two so that we can better choose the right people for the right jobs. It takes experts at every position to make a great team." 1223. Air Force expands Native American small business outreach initiative WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- The Air Force Small Business Office has more than doubled the number of states participating in its Native American Initiative. The Air Force, working with the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development, recently signed a memorandum of understanding increasing participation in Air Force contract awards by tribal enterprises and small American Indian/Alaskan Native businesses. The initiative began in 1998 with Montana and Wyoming Native American firms agreeing to promote business opportunities. It has now expanded to include California, Florida, Oklahoma, Texas and Washington state. "The expansion of the initiative is evidence of our sustaining commitment to the success of the Native American community and Air Force mission," said Anthony J. DeLuca, director of Air Force Small Business. "This is a logical follow-on to the efforts we began in the Montana-Wyoming, Northern Plains region," DeLuca said. "The initiative provides great opportunities to use lessons learned to enhance Native American participation in Air Force contracts on a national level. Our aim will be to increase Native American participation by $100 million nationwide." The expansion is a result of extensive research which will match Native American small business with Air Force contracting opportunities in an effort to achieve the greatest benefit to the highest concentration of Native Americans, officials said. "We commend the United States Air Force for accelerating its successful efforts by expanding the Native American initiative," said Ken Robbins, president of the NCAIED. "We see our public/private partnership as an important step toward the development of healthy American Indian economies and are proud to team with the Air Force." 1226. Booster launch successful VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFPN) -- An Air Force team here successfully launched a prototype rocket motor booster system Aug. 31. The booster is intended for future use with the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization's Ground-based Midcourse System. The purpose of this test was to verify booster and system performance, officials said. There was no intercept attempt. This launch was conducted by men and women from the 30th Space Wing, the Ground Based Interceptor Program Office and Det. 9 of the Space and Missile Systems Center. The booster carried a mock exoatmospheric kill vehicle to simulate the mass and weight of an actual EKV to be used during future intercept tests. The first intercept test using the new booster configuration is planned for 2003. 1224. Space operator creates missile art by 2nd Lt. Virgil Magee Air Force Space Command Public Affairs PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFPN) --The Air Force Art Program began more than 50 years ago as a way to capture Air Force history through paintings. Originally, Air Force officials contacted the Society of Illustrators in New York and asked if any of its members would like to travel to Air Force bases around the United States in return for creating artwork of historical value. Through the years the majority of submissions focused on aircraft. Since there are few paintings with space or missile themes Air Force Space Command officials began seeking artists, about a year ago, to donate work and add to their portfolios. "We thought one of the best ways to get more space and missile art was to seek it from within the command," said Skip Bradley, Air Force Space Command historian. "We wanted artistically talented people familiar with the space command mission to submit work." One of the first submissions came from Capt. Joseph R. LeMay, a missile operations officer from the 576th Flight Test Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. He decided to paint an Atlas missile and donate it to the command. LeMay, who has been painting with oils and watercolors since he was a child, was excited when he heard about the opportunity to donate work to the Air Force Art Program. "I always wanted the Air Force to appreciate the thousands of men and women who had dedicated their lives to the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile program," LeMay said. "Everywhere I look I see Air Force art. But I rarely see anything showing our missile contributions." When LeMay went to Squadron Officer School he was amazed to learn that a lot of his fellow airmen did not know the Air Force had ICBMs on alert for the past 50 years. That is when he decided to submit his work. "I was more than happy to paint the Atlas," LeMay said. 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