PACAF’s Hawaii air ops center sets new goals while adding 109 positions

PACAF’s Hawaii air ops center sets new goals while adding 109
positions

(EXCERPT) , By Wayne Specht, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition,
Thursday, August 21, 2003

Lessons learned during more than a decade of Middle East air
operations resulted in an expansion of Pacific Air Forces’ Air
Operations Center in Hawaii, its top commander said.

“As our operations in the Gulf region evolved over the past 12 to 15
years, we saw a need for a much more concentrated corps of highly
trained people whose primary function is command and control,” Col.
Paul Avella, 502nd Air Operations Group commander said in a telephone
interview.

PACAF’s operations center is to see a...

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