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Thursday, May 31, 2018
Vol. 62 No. 22
Condor Crest exercise tests 21 SW resiliency By Robb Lingley 21st Space Wing Public Affairs
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Several exercises took place across the 21st Space Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, for Condor Crest, May 14 — 17, 2018. Condor Crest is conducted twice a year to keep Airmen alert for any situation. During this exercise, many simulated scenarios were engaged. Airman performance was tested as they laid out water barriers, handled a car bomb in the dorms, engaged in an active shooter scenario and took action when a C-130 Hercules crashed near the flight line. To start Condor Crest, Airmen placed water barriers around Peterson AFB to provide protection after a simulated intelligence threat of a suspicious vehicle at the U.S. Air Force Academy, May 14 was delivered. Only the north gate didn’t have water barriers due to protective devices already in place. “In the interest of water conservation we made the call not to fill all the barriers,” said Senior Master Sgt. James Onder, 21st Civil Engineer Squadron operations flight superintendent. “We filled every fifth barrier to give us an estimate on how long it would take us to fill them.” Onder said it would take 49,000 gallons of water to fill all 265 barriers, costing the 21 SW $225, or 83 cents per barrier. The following morning, a simulated car bomb See Resiliency page 13
(U.S. Air Force photo by Robb Lingley)
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Search and recovery team members practice their recovery skills in a Condor Crest exercise on Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., May 17, 2018. After a simulated crash of a C-130 Hercules, the team was tasked with recovering human remains and aircraft parts.
Secretary of Defense Mattis tells USAFA’s Class of ‘18 to safeguard the Air Force’s legacy By Ray Bowden U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs
(U.S. Air Force photo/Bill Evans)
U.S. AIR FORCE Academy, Colo. — Graduating cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy take their seats just before the Class of 2018 Graduation Ceremony, May 23, 2018, in Falcon Stadium. Nearly 1,000 senior cadets received their commissions at second lieutenants during the ceremony.
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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — Secretary of Defense James Mattis told nearly 1,000 graduating cadets to take charge of the Air Force during the Air Force Academy’s Class of 2018 graduation ceremony, May 23. “The warrior ethos and the fierce character that you now inherit as your own character will now have to stand between us and some of the forces that would take our democracy and our liberty away,” Mattis said during the ceremony at Falcon Stadium. Mattis said his expectations for the graduating class are simple. “Always be ready to fight and to win,” he said. “There is no room for complacency as our adversaries will do everything in their power to erode our military’s competitive
edge — and even less room for a sense of cynicism or victimhood.” Mattis said the newly-commissioned officers must use their attitude as their main weapon. “It’s now your responsibility that our adversaries know they should always prefer to talk to our Department of State rather than face the U.S. Air Force,” he said. Lieutenant Gen. Jay Silveria, Academy superintendent, opened the ceremony and thanked the thousands of cadet families and friends in the stands, and the Academy’s faculty and staff for their care and concern for cadets. “They make days like today possible,” he said. “Everyone at the Academy is devoted to developing some of our nation’s most promising young people into the innovative, creative and critical-thinking leaders our Air Force needs them to be. These See Safeguard page 10
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