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Closed Bases

August 05, 2008 By: admin Category: Nostalgia

For those of you who may have been assigned to Hahn at some point in your career you might find this film clip interesting . Thanks to Carl Schultz for this submission.

The New GI Bill

July 23, 2008 By: admin Category: General Information

Here is a link to some facts about the New GI Bill

A Job On The Beach

July 08, 2008 By: admin Category: AMMO Jobs

Please pass the word that there are some job openings here at Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida.  The jobs are with ManTech SRS in the Pad Safety Office.  We oversee the launch complexes during hazardous operations.  People with explosives background are needed.  If anyone is interested, contact me either by e-mail (rudolph.bizyak.ctr@patrick.af.mil) or 321-853-6894 DSN 467-6894.

AMMO Work Cannon AFB area

June 09, 2008 By: admin Category: AMMO Jobs

Looking for AMMO and munitions maintainer resumes for the Predator support effort  Cannon AFB. Please pass to interested AMMO Troops.  

Contact Brian Timmons

mak0195@earthlink.net

Central AMMO Bowl

May 31, 2008 By: admin Category: ACA News, AMMO Bowl

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For Reservations call: 940-761-6000

If you have any questions call: 940-676-2108

23rd Annual Western Region Ammo Bowl

May 27, 2008 By: Fred O'Hern Category: ACA News

The Western Region Ammo Bowl will be held at Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, Co August 8-10th. For more information contact: Richard Potraz, Richard_M_Potratz@raytheon.com.

Ammo Golf Tournament

May 27, 2008 By: Fred O'Hern Category: ACA News

The Emerald Coast Chapter of the ACA will host a Golf Tournament to benefit local charities at the Fort Walton Beach Oaks Municipal Course on July 18th. If you would like to sign-up contact John Greer, BigJohn461@Bellsouth.net.

AMMO Bowl Support

May 27, 2008 By: admin Category: ACA News

It’s time for the boys of summer. In the past the ACA has provided support for the World Wide AMMO Bowl. Right now it looks like there is no centralized AMMO Bowl. So we are looking to see what kind of support we can provide to the AMMO Community. Your input here is welcomed.

 Also visit this web site for more AMMO Softball related information.

Chief authorizations through 2011 to be downgraded

May 22, 2008 By: admin Category: ACA News

Actually rather than ACA news this is really AF news. As you might guess, the number of chiefs in the AF is going down and correspondingly I’m sure the number of AMMO Chiefs will go down as well. Read more here.

MQ-9 Reaper drops first GPS-guided weapon

May 19, 2008 By: admin Category: AMMO News

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5/19/2008 -

 quote-1.jpgWRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFPN)  – A test team with the 658th Aeronautical Systems Squadron completed the first Global Positioning System guided weapons release from an MQ-9 Reaper May 13 at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at China Lake, Calif.The efforts of the pilots, sensor operators, maintainers, weapons troops and testers culminated in six successful guided bomb unit-49 weapon releases in one day. The first two drops were inert weapons to ensure the GBU-49’s GPS guidance was working properly. The final release employed four weapons at one time, also known as a ripple, with three weapons on GPS guidance and the fourth weapon guided by laser. The three GPS weapons “shacked” (a successful, direct hit on a ground target) their targets and the laser-guided weapon came very close.

The GBU-49 is a laser-guided, 500-pound bomb much like the GBU-12, but it also includes an on-board GPS kit. The GBU-49 provides the warfighter an all-weather capability to employ a munition with precision without the aid of a laser designator.

(Steve Yamaguchi contributed to this article)

by Laura McGowan
88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs