USAF Looking to the Navy’s Hypoxia Fix
How the Navy has adjusted training for aviators may become a template for the Air Force as it tries to understand why 13 suspected hypoxia incidents were logged over 13 days last month
RADM Gordon Peters New Boss at NAVAIR
RADM Gordon Peters will be the new boss of Naval Air Systems Command. He replaces VADM Paul Grosklags as the top officer at NAVAIR. Also at NAVAIR, RADM Brian Corey will replace RADM Mark Darrah as the program executive officer for unmanned aviation and strike weapons.
POTUS: Fund Military & Hone Government
In his first State of the Union address, President Trump calls on Congress to “fully fund” military budgets and expand the VA’s expedited firing power to all federal agencies.
Cyber Threats Outpacing Protections
The World Economic Forum’s report on cyber threats will be presented to 3,000 world leaders at Davos later this month, warning there is no “simple policy solution or silver bullet here,” that working collaboratively in the cybersecurity space is difficult.
Navy Reviewing Behavior, Reducing Ranks
From the Fat Leonard scandal to a review of misconduct and poor performance, the US Navy will be clearing the ranks for younger sailors to move up.
Sailors Demanding Their Titles Back
The red-hot controversy over the Navy’s stripping every sailor of his or her rating titles isn’t dying down, and officialdom is ratcheting up its response.
Blue Angels Return to Work
The Blue Angels will resume performances July 2 at the National Cherry Festival Air Show in Traverse City, MI, reports Navy Times. A month ago one of their pilots was killed in a crash while practicing for an air show.
Runway Project Moves Pax Testing to Wallops for Summer
A detachment from Naval Air Station Patuxent River will operate from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility this summer. The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force will conduct flight test operations at Wallops with two F-35B Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing variants and two F-35C carrier variants from mid-June to mid-July while NAS Pax is implementing a runway intersection construction project.
