A day in the life of the misty FACs

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The finding and marking targets was dangerous business, as Charlie Neel and Guy Gruters learned firsthand. Their mission was a top secret and they were part of Operation Commando Sabre, formed at the direction of 7th Air Force in the summer of 1967 and their group membership numbered only 12 aviators and a couple of intelligence officers.

author: Newman, Rick, Shepperd, Don
Aeronautics, Military, Military aviation, Airplane pilots, Neel, Charlie, Gruters, Guy

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Combat systems officers

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A brief review on the U.S. Air Force plan that aims to generate a new breed of upwardly mobile navigators and their training is done. The USAF believes that training its navigator community in a new way would produce broadly skilled aviators who could easily assume higher leadership positions

author: Chapman, Suzann
United States. Air Force, Navigators

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The compensation issue

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The United States Congressional Budget Office estimates that the average active duty service member received a compensation package worth about dollar 99,000 in 2002. The current military compensation package and the issues surrounding it are focused.

author: Murray, Carla Tighe
Legislative Bodies, National Security, Military Officers, Congressional Budget Office, Compensation and benefits, United States. Congressional Budget Office, Military leaders

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subjects list: United States, Training
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