European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 9 two f16s taxi to the runway at Norway and Denmark received their first f16 fighting Falcons during photo by James Pearson modernization program continues air Force reflects on a Busy year editors note the following re View of 1980 from an air Force Point of View was prepared and distributed by the air Force news service Washington there is every reason to believe that the capture of the american embassy in Tehran and the russian invasion of Afghanistan will affect our nations behaviour As radically As did Pearl Harbor in that comment by air Force Secretary Hans Mark reflected a major concern of americans in world events had a direct Impact on the United states and emphasized the need for a Strong american people expressed concern about the military the effectiveness of its weapons systems and the Quality of the Al Volunteer the demands of the Public for an effective defense were reflected in National As candidates called for a larger military budget and significant increases in compensation for military during military readiness was enhanced with the creation of a rapid deployment with elements from All branches of the department of de the Force was formed to respond to emergencies task Force elements participated in exercises such As ref red Flag in Nevada and Bright Star in air Force units trained in exercises in Japan and As Well As throughout the expanded exercise missions included testing of search and Rescue mobilization of Reserve forces and medical Security police deployed to Europe for the first time in reformer which included the largest number of reserves to modernization of the air forces air Craft and weapon systems continued Dur ing 1980 the first kc10 extender Tanker cargo aircraft was unveiled in a tr1 reconnaissance training Squadron was activated to prepare for de dec considers motion to improve Auto Industry France a the common markets european parliament adopted a report calling for the elaboration of a common strategy to solve the current crisis affecting the european Auto the presented by italian communist parliament member Aldo was adopted by a Large the re ported noted the european Auto Industry is suffering from depressed sales and an Offen Sive launched by japanese livery of the first tr1 scheduled for development continued on a new intercontinental ballistic the a Mobile Basing system was approved by the president and several Sites have been the Boeing agm86b was selected As the new air launched cruise deployment is expected by late development began for a Long Multi Turbo Anjet cargo the c award of a contract for full scale Engi Neering development and limited production is scheduled for the summer of the a10 Thunderbolt ii began Tempo Rary duty in the e3a airborne warning and control system aircraft deployed to Korea and saudi the f16 fighting Falcon began rotations to Korea and Norway and Denmark received their first the b52 was updated with new avionics while the c5 Galaxy began receiving new the c141 Star lifter was stretched to expand cargo personnel issues received the most at Tention this from both the military and civilian air Force chief of staff Lew Al Len i believe that people must be our first priority that our people Are our air Force and that the Security of our nation in these troubled times demands an air Force of experienced he joined other air Force leaders in fighting for increased and helped bring about the largest pay raise since Money was not the Only item increased in More women joined the air Force while the total number of military people in women made up 10 percent of the air when inflight refuelling flight Engineer and aircraft Load master positions were opened to Only four enlisted Fields remained enlisted and most officer recruiting goals were the three Millionth Grad uate of Basic training at Lackland was brought in during Energy conservation continued to be an air Force and National concern during the when the president directed Federal agencies to reduce Energy con the air Force exceeded the the air Force expanded its search for Energy with 22 Sola Energy systems in operation at 19 geothermal and wind Energy were buildings were modified and new build Ings were designed to be Energy when mount Helens the air Force helped in the Rescue and surveyed it assisted in the new York City transportation a hotel fire in Las floods in Argentina and the greatest maritime from the the air Force helped cuban refugees during the air Force was More than aircraft or emergency the air Force was working to Gether to defend their and work ing individually to achieve personal air Force people competed in the Winter olympics and air Force Wayne Fisk was selected by the Jaycees As one of their 10 outstanding Young men of see separate Story on Page 8 for a summary of pay and entitlements which have become the a10 Thunderbolt ii began temporary duty in Alaska during the photo by Pete Milia