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28535244805706-14-1990COL ROBIN G. TORNOW ASSUMED COMMAND VICE COL HAROLD E. WATSON. ANTICIPATED UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SOUTHERN AIR DIVISION (USAFSO) BEING REDESIGNATED 830 AIR DIVISION ON 1 JAN 89 AS PART OF UNITED STATES SOUTHERN COMMAND AIR FORCES (USSOUTHAF) REORGANIZATION THAT ALSO CREATED USSOUTHAF FORWARD ELEMENT AND ACTIVATION OF 24 COMPOSITE WING. REORGANIZATION OF TACTICAL AIR COMMAND INCLUDED ACTIVATION OF 24 MISSION SUPPORT SQUADRON, 24 COMPTROLLER SQUADRON AND 24 AIR BASE OPERABILITY SQUADRON (LATTER NEVER FUNCTIONED AS A UNIT). 630 AIRCRAFT WARNING AND CONTROL SQUADRON WAS ACTIVATED AT HOWARD AIR FORCE BASE, PANAMA, TO MANAGE CARIBBEAN BASIN RADAR NETWORK SOUTHERN REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER. DESIGNATED TO RECEIVE AIR FORCE ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR PERIOD 1 JAN 86 THROUGH 31 DEC 87. ACQUIRED RESPONSIBILITY FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND CONVENING OF SPECIAL COURTS MARTIAL IN REVISED MISSION STATEMENT. INCLUDES DISCUSSION OF REORGANIZATION OF USSOUTHAF. OVERALL SHORTAGE OF OA-37 AIRCRAFT PILOTS CAUSED CONCERN. USAFSO HAD TO CONDUCT ITS OWN FAC (FORWARD AIR CONTROLLER) TRAINING WHEN OA-37 TRAINING WAS PHASED OUT AT DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE AZ. LATIN AMERICAN PILOT TRAINING PROGRAM CONTINUED TO PRODUCE A-37 AIRCRAFT PILOTS. C-130 AIRCRAFT WERE LAUNCHED TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO JAMAICA RECOVERING FROM HURRICANE GILBERT. CONDUCTED DEPLOYMENTS FOR TRAINING (DFT): OA-37B AIRCRAFT TO BOLIVIA; OA-37B, HC-130 AICRAFT AND GROUND DEFENSE TEAM TO COLOMBIA; HC-130, A-7D AIRCRAFT TO VENEZUELA; OA-37B AIRCRAFT TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; OA-37B AIRCRAFT TO ECUADOR; OA-37B AIRCRAFT TO PERU; OA-37B AIRCRAFT TO GUATAMALA; OA-37B, A-7D, OV-10 AND F-5 AIRCRAFT; AND EC-130, F-111 AND EF-111 AIRCRAFT TO PANAMA. DISCUSSES SYSTEM OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE AMERICAN AIR FORCES (SICOFAA) PREPLANNING CONFERENCE (PREPLAN) XXVII AND CONFERENCE OF THE CHIEFS OF THE AMERICAN AIR FORCES (CONJEFAMER). CONTAINS INFORMATION REGARDING PERSONNEL EXCHANGE PROGRAM (PEP) IN: CHILE, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, MEXICO, PERU AND VENEZUELA. FIRST ANNUAL USSOUTHAF AIR SYMPOSIUM WAS HELD IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA. SECURITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN CHILE DISCUSSED. FOREIGN MILITARY SALES (FMS) PROGRAMS DISCUSSED: MAINTENANCE OF J-85 ENGINES, A-37B AIRCRAFT AND REPAIR OF C-47 AIRCRAFT FOR GUATAMALA; PEACE PELICAN C-130A AIRCRAFT TO BOLIVIA; MAINTENANCE OF C-130H AND F-5 E/B AIRCRAFT AND PEACE AMAZON II F-5 E/F AIRCRAFT FOR BRAZIL; PEACE EMERALD II AC-47 AIRCRAFT FOR COLOMBIA; TURBOPROP ENGINES FOR C-47 AIRCRAFT IN EL SALVADOR; PEACE BONITO F-5 E/F AIRCRAFT FOR HONDURAS; PEACE CARGO C-130A AIRCRAFT AND T-33 AIRCRAFT FOR MEXICO; C-130 AIRCRAFT AND T-4D SIMULATORS FOR PERU; AND PEACE DELTA III MAINTENANCE OF F-16 A/B AIRCRAFT, C-130 AIRCRAFT, PRESIDENTIAL AIRCRAFT AND HELICOPTERS, CF-5 AIRCRAFT AND OV-10 AIRCRAFT FOR VENEZUELA. DESCRIBES MOBILE TRAINING/TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEAMS (MTT) IN COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR AND HONDURAS. INCLUDES CHAPTER ENTITLED THE PANAMA CRISIS INCLUDING THE INDICTMENT OF GEN MANUEL NORIEGA BY GRAND JURIES IN MIAMI AND TAMPA FL, HIS DEPOSING OF GOVERNMENT OF PRES ERIC ARTURO DELVALLE OF PANAMA AND ATTEMPTS TO OVERTHROW GEN NORIEGA'S REGIME. INCLUDES SECTION ON A ROAD TO BYPASS HOWARD AIR FORCE BASE AND FORT KOBBE TO VERA CRUZ, PANAMA. OTHER SECTION TITLES INCLUDE: POKER BUFF II; NEGOTIATIONS WITH NORIEGA; SECURITY ENHANCEMENT FORCES; JOINT TASK FORCE PANAMA; INTRUSION/HARASSMENT INCIDENTS; AND AIRSPACE MATTERS. ABSTRACT MENTIONS HOUSING SHORTAGES. INCLUDES APPENDICES NUMBERED 1 THROUGH 12.NOFORN ORCON/OTHER WNINTELINTER-AMERICAN AIR FORCES ACADEMY
