Closed Bases
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
Here is a link to some facts about the New GI Bill
A Job On The Beach
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
Looking for AMMO and munitions maintainer resumes for the Predator support effort Cannon AFB. Please pass to interested AMMO Troops.
Contact Brian Timmons
Central AMMO Bowl
For Reservations call: 940-761-6000
If you have any questions call: 940-676-2108
23rd Annual Western Region Ammo Bowl
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
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
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
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
5/19/2008 -
WRIGHT-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
We are the Ammo Chiefs Association a non-profit, fraternal organization dedicated to the promotion of camaraderie among retired and active duty USAF Ammo Chiefs. The ACA holds a worldwide reunion every other year. Our members work diligently throughout the year to raise funds for worthwhile charitable causes such as the Richard Gauvin Memorial Fund, the Enlisted Widows Foundation, and a Sunshine Committee to respond to members’ time of distress. The ACA also contributes to the morale of active duty ammo troops through recognition and sports programs. The ACA sponsors awards programs for the Ammo School House Outstanding Performer, and the AFCOMAC Outstanding Performer. Ammo sports contributions include a traveling trophy given to the winners of the Worldwide Ammo Bowl and sponsoring funds to the South East Ammo Bowl. ACA has also contributed to cultural enterprises such as the RAF Welford Ammo Museum. We are Ammo, and proud of it!