NEWS
SAFETY
FEATURE
SPORTS
Stolen Cerberus V kicks off in Greece, Page 3
If you can’t handle the heat, get out of the kitchen, Page 5
86th MDS simulates burn victim evacuation, Page 6
With Euros just around the corner, it’s Jada Time, Page 16
May 18, 2018 | Volume 42, Number 20
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37th AS, 435th CRG project air power Story and photos by Staff Sgt. Jimmie D. Pike 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
CHIEVRES AIR BASE, BELGIUM
While operating on a global scale, the U.S. Air Force thrives on the ability to project its air power as far as possible. One of the ways Airmen project airpower is through strategically placed landing zones.
Recently, members from the 37th Airlift Squadron and the 435th Contingency Response Group worked together to survey and test a new landing zone at Chievres Air Base, Belgium. “We find and use landing zones all across Europe for the purposes of training and projecting air power,” See AIR POWER, Page 2
A C-130J Super Hercules from Ramstein Air Base, takes-off from Chievres Air Base, Belgium, May 4. The pilot performed multiple landings and take-offs to check the integrity of a new landing zone for future use to help further project U.S. air power.
Air Force transitions to a single combat uniform Story and graphics by Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs
WASHINGTON, D.C. AFNS Air
Force leaders announced the service will move to a single combat utility uniform, adopting the Operational Camouflage Pattern, or OCP, already in use by the Army and Airmen in combat zones and in certain jobs across the Air Force. Starting Oct. 1, 2018, Airmen who have serviceable OCPs may wear the uniform, and Airmen can purchase OCPs at Army and Air Force Exchange Services at the following locations: Aviano Air Base, Italy; Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina; Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina; and MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. These initial locations will allow uniform
manufacturers to produce additional stocks for other locations, eventually outfitting the total force in the coming months. The service will fully transition to
OCPs by April 1, 2021. Air Force leaders decided to transition to the OCP following feedback from Airmen that it is the best, battletested utility uniform available. It will
also eliminate the need to maintain two separate uniforms – one for in-garrison and one for deployments – and it is a See UNIFORM, Page 9