Air Forces Northern Work Is Constant

February 13, 2008— Air Forces Northern dispatched fighters for 150 sorties in January, matching the number flown in December 2007 but with a different distribution between the air defense sectors. The continued grounding of some 161 F-15 A-D model fighters has not slowed the pace of Operation Noble Eagle. USAF’s auxiliary, the Civil Air Patrol, flew 34 ONE missions compared to 13 the previous month. The total for ONE hours flown since 9/11 now stands at nearly 181,780.

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Instill Value
“When you get down to our airmen, they are not looking for praise, glory, and accolades. But they are looking for value—value in them as human beings. And to do that, we have to put value in the mission. When the nation, at the leadership level and every American’s level, places value in the mission, they will put value in the people. And that is what I find important to the airmen inside of the world that I live in.”
—Gen. John Corley, commander of Air Combat Command, during a four-star forum at AFA’s Air & Space Conference, Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2008.

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What Does the Nation Expect?
"The question for us is, ‘Should a force that is extremely relevant and in very high demand in this very difficult environment of the global war on terrorism have airplanes that are 30 or 40 years old?'"
—Lt. Gen. Donald Wurster, head of Air Force Special Operations Command, commenting on the command’s aged fleet of gunships and special-mission airlifters and tankers, during a four-star panel discussion at AFA’s Air & Space Conference, Sept. 17, 2008.