The Army and Royal
Air Force representatives will also take part in an Armed Forces half-time penalty shoot-out.
The LWG includes Headquarters
Air Force representatives.
Letters from the governors pitching their states as ideal base locations are due July 1, with
Air Force representatives making site visits during the summer.
The testing office includes about 25
Air Force representatives, both military and civilian, and it will acquire six to 10 more in the next year.
US
Air Force representatives have recently found themselves in the position of defending that service's use of the BLU-118/B "`thermobaric'" bomb against al-Qaeda fighters in a cave near Gardez.
Mackey said: "He's hesitant to say anything, under advice from the
Air Force representatives."
On April 20,
Air Force representatives met with BRACC officials to explain their plans in more detail.
The
Air Force representatives reiterated their desire to acquire a single system using nondevelopmental technology, the sources said.
According to informed Pentagon sources, the
Air Force representatives present offered assistance for that study, and the new initiative suddenly had a life of its own -- and a $20 million budget as well.