Blogger’s Round Table with Air Force General
January 12th, 2009
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Lt. Gen. Norman Seip, the Twelfth Air Force and Air Forces Southern commander, will host a bloggers' roundtable Monday, January 12 at 8 a.m. to discuss issues of interest including updates on Reaper and Predator UAVs, Air Force operations and medical readiness exercises in Central and South America, and the Air Force's work on A-10 Thunderbolt "wing cracks" issues. Interested bloggers should contact the Blogger's Round Table through: http://www.dodlive.blogspot.com/ or an email to to bloggeroutreach (AT) dma.mil.UPDATE:
Coverage from the Northshore Journal is linked here.
"Next year, the US Air Force will procure more unmanned aircraft than manned aircraft," Air Force Lt. Gen. Norman Seip, commander of Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern), said today. The General explained how the Air Force has 85 percent of its UAS capability currently deployed in support of operations in Southwest Asia. The other 15 percent are stateside to train UAS pilots and for operational test and development. Lt. Gen. Seip discussed the Air Force's unmanned aerial systems and pilot track, activities in Central, South America and the Caribbean, and A-10 Thunderbolt II wing cracking issues. Joining General Seip on the roundtable were Sagar Pathak with HorizontalRain.com, Chuck Simmins at America's North Shore Journal, David Axe with War is Boring, Paul McLeary, and Colin Clark of DoD Buzz. Audio(Mp3)
Posted by Capt. David Faggard, Air Force Public Affairs.
