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HE US AIR Force’s Air Combat controller (JTAC) training — this includes
Command (ACC) awarded Valkyrie Aero, which features in this issue,
seven companies contracts as a sub-contractor to ATAC.
worth $6.4 billion on The approved vendors will now have
October 18, 2019, to provide to bid against the operational taskings
Tcontracted adversary air laid out at 12 locations for the air-to-air
(ADAIR) over the next ve years. The adversary requirement and nine sites for
rms involved were Air USA, Airborne JTAC training.
Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), According to the contract, the USAF
Blue Air Training, Coastal Defense, is seeking 30,000 adversary sorties and
Draken International, Tactical Air 10,000 CAS/JTAC training sorties per
Support (TacAir), and Top Aces. year. The aggressor services have been One of TacAir’s
As part of the Combat Air Forces budgeted for Eglin AFB, Florida; Joint new F-5ATs
Contracted Air Support (CAF CAS) Base Hickam-Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Hill (74-1459/N697TA)
at Reno-Stead,
program, the companies will supply AFB, Utah; Holloman AFB, New Mexico; Nevada, in
contractor-owned, contractor-operated Kelly Field, Texas; Kingsley Field, Oregon; October. The pilot
wears the Thales
(COCO) aircraft to support air-to-air Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia; Visionix Scorpion
combat training from October 2019 Luke AFB, Arizona; Nellis AFB, Nevada; helmet with the
until October 2024. In addition, some of Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina; new HObIT (hybrid
optical-based
them will y contracted close air support Tucson International Airport, Arizona; and inertial tracker).
(CCAS) sorties for joint terminal attack Tyndall AFB, Florida. Michael Grove

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