"This was a great opportunity for the Air Force to be involved in such an action-packed thriller that reflects our core values through a prominent character in the story," said Lt. Col. Francisco Hamm, the Air Force Entertainment Liaison Office director.

The Air Force Entertainment Liaison Office is the single point of contact for information and assistance with entertainment productions having Air Force themes or segments. The office offers direct access to Air Force people, aircraft, equipment, technical assistance, military advice and locations, and ensures that projects highlighting the missions and members of the Air Force are plausible and realistic.

Although the story is not specifically about the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, the Air Force's participation afforded the opportunity to highlight the dedication and professionalism of the AFOSI mission through the character Special Agent Zoe Perez, played by actress Rosario Dawson.

"We worked very hard with the filmmakers to develop this character in this film," Colonel Hamm said. "It allowed us to depict the Air Force as being on the front lines of the war on terrorism and gave us the chance to highlight this normally low key investigative organization."

The story is about two strangers who become the pawns of a mysterious woman they have never met, but who seems to know their every move. Realizing they are being used to further her diabolical plot, they must work together to outwit the woman before she has them killed.

Other well-known stars in this film include Anthony Azizi and Billy Bob Thornton. "Eagle Eye" is a DreamWorks production and produced by Steven Spielberg, Ed McDonnell and Roberto Orci.

Air Force Entertainment Office members previously worked with Mr. Spielberg and Mr. Orci on several previous projects including "Transformers" and "War of the Worlds."

"Many of their movies reflect our Air Force core values and depict characters who fully embrace them," Colonel Hamm said.

The two project officers who worked on the film were Senior Master Sgt. Vince Arragona and Capt. Christian Hodge.

"The Air Force is involved with 'Eagle Eye' because of our overall increased profile in Hollywood in the last few years. The producers were familiar with the Air Force Entertainment Liaison Office from our work on 'Transformers' and 'Iron Man' and wanted the Air Force to be an integral part of the film," Captain Hodge said.

"Sergeant Arragona and Captain Hodge did a great job in working with the filmmakers on making our character plausible and accurate as well as coordinating all the moving pieces for such an action-packed thriller," Colonel Hamm said.

Some of the assistance provided to "Eagle Eye" included script and story development, dialogue to enhance the authenticity of character development, wardrobe and uniform assistance, cast training and research visits for project development.

"We coordinated Rosario Dawson's meetings with AFOSI agents at both Andrews Air Force Base and Los Angeles AFB, Calif., for several days as part of her research," Colonel Hamm said.

AFOSI husband and wife team, Special Agent Christopher Ouellette and Special Agent Rachel Ouellette were Rosario Dawson's personal escorts for two days during her visit to Andrews AFB and the Pentagon. Both agents talked at length with the actress about what it's like being an AFOSI agent.

"Since Rosario was totally unfamiliar with AFOSI, it was really important for her to understand our mission well, in order to accurately depict her character in the movie," Special Agent Rachel Ouellette said. "When she left Andrews, she really had a very good understanding of AFOSI's role, how we support the Air Force and how we work with our other federal law enforcement agency counterparts."

The actress also spent some time at the Pentagon with Agent Christopher Ouellette where she got a sense of the inter-workings of the Pentagon's hierarchy and overall mission in our nation's defense.

"Rosario quickly grasped the Pentagon's mission, organizational structure and AFOSI's computer crime mission," Agent Christopher Oullette said. "We also discussed the fact that AFOSI is the Department of Defense's leader in computer crime investigations," he added.

In addition to the AFOSI character, the film also features the C-17 Globemaster III, KC-135 Stratotanker, F-16 Fighting Falcon and C-130 Hercules. An HH-60G Pave Hawk was also used for both aerial and ground photography in San Pedro, Calif.

Aerial filming included a UH-1N Huey landing at the Pentagon and the filming of the MQ-9 Reaper at Creech AFB, Nev. The Air Force also provided Airmen as extras in several military-related scenes in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.

Air Force officials said they will continue to take advantage of opportunities to build awareness and inform the American public about the Air Force through movies when the characters and Airmen portrayed reflect our core values.

"By officially supporting these projects, we are able to ensure the depictions of our capabilities and our Airmen are as credible as possible, and that helps us educate the public and builds Air Force morale," Colonel Hamm said.

The office is currently working on the Michael Bay film, "Transformers II: Revenge of the Fallen," and developing several other projects that could feature the Air Force.

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-- It provides a six-year baseline of spending, market share analysis as well as major contracting office locations

-- Research will also point to ongoing and anticipated DoD spending and contracting behavior

-- Global deployments and overall DoD budget scenario are examined as contributing factors

-- Where possible, major contracts are described, with an eye toward sunset and recompete provisions

-- Not all contracts mentioned will be solely applicable to JO15, as MRO contracts encompass avionics, weapons systems, engines as well as structural maintenance, modification and repair

-- Aging platforms, maintenance budget pressure and deployment wear and- tear are ongoing DoD maintenance challenges.

-- Outsourcing to local operators (e.g. Korean Air) is an outsourcing business model in effect since 1978

-- Ops tempo drives DoD MRO Aircraft Structural spending - effects of Afghanistan and Iraq extended deployments

-- Drive to cut DoD MRO costs: Top-line DoD budget may be growing, but there is unrelenting pressure on the internal maintenance function

-- In addition, there is an increase in the volume and complexity of DoD-wide maintenance, from organizational to depot levels

-- Software and services companies are staking their futures on continuation of this trend in linking the "foxhole to the factory" to better facilitate the MRO function

-- DoD faces these and other challenges in maintaining readiness:

-- Raw Materials Shortages (e.g. aerospace-grade steel and alloys)

-- A Diminishing Supplier Base Means Fewer Choices for all Types of DoD Sourcing

-- DoD Operations Tempo and Increased Spending Creates Acute

-- Needs for Weapons Systems Availability

-- Anticipation of Tighter Numbers in Inventories for Parts, Powerplants, Aircraft, Ground Vehicles and Ships

-- In Many Cases Ships, Ground Vehicles and Aircraft in U.S. Inventories are More then 20 Years Old, with no Replacement on the Horizon. Look for more recapitalization programs if ops tempo in the GWOT remains constant

-- When possible DoD is taking measures to decrease its MRO geographic footprint

Key Topics Covered:
- Title slide
- About this study
- J015: Outlook (4 slides)
- J015: Total Spending (2001-2006)
- J015: Spending by Service Branch (2001-2006)
- J015: Spending Percentage by Service Branch (2001-2006)
- J015: Number of Revenue Reporting Locations (2001-2007)
- J015: Market Leader Revenues in $ Million (2001- 2006)
- J015: Tier One Company Revenues (2001-2006)
- The Boeing Company: J015 Revenues in $ Million (2001-2006)
- Boeing: Contracts and Trends (8 slides)
- Dyncorp: J015 Revenues in $ Million (2001-2006)
- Dyncorp: Contracts and Trends
- Computer Sciences Corporation: J015 Revenues in $ Million
 (2001-2006)
- CSC: Contracts and Trends
- Lear Siegler: J015 Revenues in $ Million (2001- 2006)
- Lear Siegler: Contracts and Trends (2 slides)
- Lockheed Martin: J015 Revenues in $ Million (2001- 2006)
- Lockheed Martin: Contracts and Trends (2 slides)
- L-3: J015 Revenues in $ Million (2001-2006)
- L-3: Contracts and Trends (3 slides)
- McDonnell Douglas: J015 Revenues in $ Million (2001-2006)
- McDonnell Douglas: Contracts and Trends (3 slides)
- Northrop Grumman: J015 Revenues in $ Million (2001-2006)
- Northrop Grumman: Contracts and Trends (3 slides)
- Sikorsky: J015 Revenues in $ Million (2001-2006)
- Sikorsky: Contracts and Trends (2 slides)
- J015: Tier Two Company Revenues (2001-2006)
- Agusta Westland: J015 Revenues in $ Million (2001- 2006)
- Agusta Westland: Contracts and Trends
- Bell Textron/Bell Aerospace Services: J015 Revenues in $ Million
- Bell Textron: Contracts and Trends
- Canadian Commercial Corporation: J015 Revenues in $ Million
 (2001-2006)
- Canadian Commercial Corporation: Contracts and Trends (2 slides)
- Doss Aviation: J015 Revenues in $ Million (2001-2006)
- Doss Aviation: Contracts and Trends
- Kaman Aerospace: J015 Revenues in $ Million (2001- 2006)
- Kaman Aerospace: Contracts and Trends
- Korean Airlines: J015 Revenues in $ Million (2001- 2006)
- Korean Airlines: Contracts and Trends
- J015: Fiscal Year 2006 Synopsis
- J015: Market Share Leaders (2006) pie chart
- J015: Market Share Leaders in $ Million (2006) barchart
- J015: Companies with revenues between $3 and $16 million (2006)
- J015: Fiscal Year 2005 Synopsis
- J015: Market Share Leaders in $ Million (2005) pie chart
- J015: Market Share leaders in $ Million (2005) bar chart
- J015: Companies with revenues between $1 and $13 million (2005)
- J015: Fiscal Year 2004 Synopsis
- J015: Market Share Leaders in $ Million (2004) pie chart
- J015: Market Share leaders in $ Million (2004) bar chart
- J015: Companies with revenues between $1 and $8 million (2004)
- J015: Fiscal Year 2003 Synopsis
- J015: Market Share Leaders in $ Million (2003) pie chart
- J015: Market Share leaders in $ Million (2003) bar chart
- J015: Companies with revenues between $1 and $8 million (2003)
- J015: Fiscal Year 2002 Synopsis
- J015: Market Share Leaders in $ Million (2002) pie chart
- J015: Market Share leaders in $ Million (2002) bar chart
- J015: Companies with revenues between $1 and $7 million (2002)
- J015: Fiscal Year 2001 Synopsis
- J015: Market Share Leaders in $ Million (2001) pie chart
- J015: Market Share leaders in $ Million (2001) bar chart
- J015: Companies with revenues between $3 and $16 million (2001)
- DoD Maintenance Facts and Figures
- FY 2005 DoD: Maintenance as a Portion of Total Budget in $ Billion
- FY 2005 DoD: Maintenance Personnel by Type
- Broad DoD Maintenance Categories
- DoD: the 50/50 Rule (1)
- The 50/50 Rule (2) Commercial and Organic Maintenance Distribution
 by Service Branch (FY 2005)
- 2007-2011 Trend Analysis
- J015: Spending Forecast (2007-2011)
- J015: Spending Forecast Rationale
- Platform-Specific Opportunity Analysis
- J015: Selected DoD Airframe Average Age and Availability Assessment
- AH-64 Apache
- CH-47 D/F Chinook
- CH-46E Sea Knight
- CH-53E Super Stallion
- EA-6B Prowler
- P-3 Orion
- C-5 Galaxy
- KC-135 Stratotanker

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"Let's look at this as a math problem," the general said. "How many F-15s are there in the Air Force? How many F-16s? There are (fewer) fighter cockpits, (but) other missions are growing."

General Lorenz said the Air Force is looking to decommission about 300 A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, F-15 Eagles and F-16 Fighting Falcons in the near future, creating fewer opportunities in those airframes for pilot training graduates. He added that while fighter cockpits are decreasing, other missions are growing, especially unmanned aircraft systems and special operations.

At the present time, the Air Force has pilots who have completed training, but they're waiting for a slot to open in their assigned aircraft. That could mean months of waiting.

"You came here to go to pilot training and to be a pilot," General Lorenz said. "But, the world is changing. We are a country at war."

More and more requests are coming from commanders on the ground for UAS support. With the increase in requests, the Air Force is looking to increase the number of slots for the unmanned airframes. During the next three years, the general said, 100 pilot slots will be dedicated to UASs.

The general's message was clear: if you want to get into the fight now, there's a decision to be made.

"The issue is, go where the action is," General Lorenz said. "There's an old military saying: ride to the sound of the guns."

General Lorenz also addressed the command's aging fleet of aircraft and the move to replace the venerable T-37 Tweet with the T-6A Texan II. Sheppard is the last base in AETC to begin phasing out the Tweet.

"We're very blessed that people before us had a plan to replace the T-37," the general said.

Now that the Tweet has a replacement, General Lorenz said it's time to address the T-38C Talon. Officials determined an aileron lever on the T-38C is what caused the crash of a Columbus Air Force Base, Miss., aircraft in April.

At the opening of the call, the general laid out a few ideas that he lives by and what has made his career successful. He began by emphasizing the importance of never giving up.

During pilot training about 35 years ago, the general said he wanted to fly the RF-4 Phantom, a low-level reconnaissance jet. When assignments were made, he discovered that he was going to be a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot.

He admitted he was crushed by the disappointment of not getting his desired aircraft, but he was at a critical juncture that required him to make a decision on how he would accept the assignment. From that moment on, he said he was determined to be the best tanker pilot in the Air Force.

"If you give up," he said, "you'll never have a seat at the table."

The general also reminded pilots that the Air Force is all about service to others. The general described a scene while he was visiting Joint Base Balad, Iraq, when the thumping noise of a helicopter drew his attention away from a briefing. As he peeked out to see what was going on, medical personnel were unloading a wounded Iraqi officer who had been shot.

He said the medics were working feverishly to keep the officer alive; continuing to provide service to someone else.

"I'm proud of them for trying to save him," he said.

Next, the general discussed the thought that people never know when they're going to make a difference. His days as the commandant of cadets at the Air Force Academy was the backdrop for this illustration.

He recalled a memorial service for a cadet who died while at the Academy.

"Her mom and dad gave us their national treasure," he said.

The general had never met the cadet's parents before and, until his conversation with her parents, didn't realize that he crossed paths with the young cadet at least once. When he introduced himself to the parents to convey his condolences, they said they knew who he was.

The parents explained that they had received a phone call from their daughter because he recognized her for an important achievement as a cadet: earning her superintendent's badge.

"My point is, you never know when you're going to make a difference," General Lorenz said.

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"Our goal was to complete the test plan and to support the certification," said Maj. Drew Allen, 411 FLTS chief of standardization and evaluation and also the test pilot. "We wanted to prove that there was no negative effect in performing the aerial refueling using the synthetic fuel."

To prove this, a KC-135 Stratotanker from March Air Reserve Base, Calif., dispensed the fuel to the F-22 using a standard refueling process.

"No modification or changes were made to either aircraft," said Major Allen. "We just wanted to prove that there is no adverse effect in dispensing the fuel."

First Lt. Paul Mantegna, 411th FLTS propulsion engineer, said F-22 Combined Test Force officials, in conjunction with those at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Pratt and Whitney, and Honeywell, have been preparing for the testing.

"We've been in works for a couple of months now doing ground and auxiliary power unit runs to make sure all the aircraft's subsystems can run without complications," Lieutenant Mantegna said.

The test was done as part of the secretary of the Air Force's initiative to certify the entire fleet on synthetic fuel, an effort to lessen dependence on foreign oil.

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