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SAE Honor
for VP
Ed Glasgow
awarded medal for
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Forward Family to YoursADP engineer wins award for his career and
switching his wheelchair for the pilot's seat.Vice presidents
share the 2005
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x'Successful year in 2004 was definite team effort
A Message to all LMAero
employees from Ralph Heath
Congratulations and thank you for
your efforts during the past year. I am
pleased to report that LM Aero met or
surpassed its annual objectives in all
categories, including product deliveries,
development milestones and financial
performance. This has been acknowl-
edged by our customers and by the top
leaders of our corporation.
For the first time our major produc-
tion programs - F-16, C-130J and F/A-22
- all achieved a level of stability and
predictable performance that has led to
much improved customer confidence.
The development challenges on F-35 are
being resolved as we move forward toestablish solid baselines
that are embraced by our
customer.It is fair to say that
the entire LM Aero
company - all programs
and organizations - did
an exceptional job in de-
livering on commitments
in 2004. We collectively
demonstrated a level
of disciplined execution
that is needed to succeed with the scope
and complexity of our business. Many
challenges developed during the course
of the year, any one of which could have
prevented us from achieving our goals.
I believe the reason we succeeded
was through your creativity and perse-verance to meet our
objectives despite the
challenges. This means
getting the necessary
results no matter what.
One of my strongest
convictions is that future
success for LM Aero is
dependent upon our abil-
ity to work as a cohesive
Photo by John Rossino team. That team involves
everyone - in every
function, on every program and at every
site. It is clear that you demonstrated a
high level of teamwork last year; we will
depend on the same level of collaboration
in 2005.
Every year, our company objectives
include keeping our programs sold. Thisyear, that objective takes on added signifi-
cance. The proposed 2006 defense budget
has put new challenges in our path. We
are taking every step possible to see that
our programs are preserved.
The single most important thing for
us to do is continue to fulfill our commit-
ments in every area of the business again
this year. We are counting on this team
to stay focused and stay the course as we
work through the lengthy budget process.
We will keep you posted on our progress
along the way.
Again, my heartfelt thanks and
sincere congratulations on outstanding
performance in 2004. Thank you
in advance for what you will achieve
in 2005.
RalphUSAF F-16s recognized for record safety year
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-16 fleet achieved its
safest flying year in history during the 2004 fiscal year,
with three F-16 units receiving top safety awards.
"The F-16 continues to be the safest single-engine
fighter and safest multirole fighter in U.S. Air Force
history," said June Shrewsbury, vice president for F- 16
programs. "We are committed to maintaining the F-16's
outstanding safety record through improvements in the
aircraft systems, operating and maintenance procedures
and training of maintenance personnel and pilots."
For the fourth year in a row, an F-16 unit received
the Columbian Trophy for best achievement in safety
among all U.S. Air Force fighter and reconnaissance
groups. The 2003 trophy was awarded to the 27th Fighter
Wing, Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. F-16 units have won
this prestigious award six times in the last 11 years.
Two additional F-16 units were recognized for
safety. The 119th Fighter Wing, Fargo, N.D., and the
114th Fighter Wing, Sioux Falls, S.D, received the 2004General John J. Pesch Flight Safety Trophy, which is pre-
sented annually to the two Air National Guard wings with
the highest standards of flying safety. All types of aircraft
are eligible for this award. The Fargo unit has enjoyed
more than 65,000 accident-free flying hours since con-
verting to the F-16 in 1990 and also received this award
in 2000, 2002 and 2003.
These safety accomplishments were reached while
USAF F-16 units performed demanding peacekeeping
missions around the globe, including missions over the
Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan, plus continued homeland
defense missions in the United States.
The F- 16's safety record has continued to improve
on the international scene as well, with more than 11 mil-
lion flight hours by 20 air forces worldwide.
The USAF fleet consists of more than 1,200 F-16s
assigned to the active-duty Air Force, Air National Guard
and Air Force Reserve Command. There were only two
F-16s lost in fiscal year 2004 in a single mid-air accident,and there was an F- 16 damaged in a landing mishap,
yielding a total of two Class A mishaps for fiscal year
2004. Class A flight mishaps are defined as those involv-
ing more than $1 million in damage or loss of life but
may not necessarily result in a destroyed aircraft.
Safety records are defined as rates of mishaps per
flying hour. The USAF F-16 fleet flew approximately
350,000 hours during FY 2004. The USAF F-16 loss and
Class A rates were both at an all-time low of 0.57 per
100,000 flight hours. The previous best fiscal year was
in 2002, with rates per 100,000 flight hours of 1.37 for
losses and 1.90 for Class A mishaps.
The USAF F-16's cumulative safety record over
more than seven million flight hours is 3.86 losses and
3.98 Class A mishaps per 100,000 flight hours. The cu-
mulative mishap rate for USAF's newest F-16s, the Block
50/52 versions, is 2.3 losses/mishaps per 100,000 flight
hours in 740,000 flight hours of operations.LM aircraft bring relief to victims of the tsunami
by Peter Simmons
Some mornings when we
arise from our beds in the early
hours, drive in darkness to a hard
day's work and many times return
home again in the dark, it is easy
to forget exactly why we do whW
we do. So often we feel that our
work goes unrecognized, but dur-
ing the last several weeks we have
clearly seen just how important
everything we do is for those who
are suffering in this world. We
truly are one team, and we build
the best aircraft in the world.
continued on page 2Aerial delivery support
branch specialists take a
Spanish Red Cross water
purfi cation trailer off of an
MC-130H Combat Talon II
in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
Airmen of the 353rd Special
Operations Group and
Theater Special Operations
Air Component help move
tons of cargo daily at the
tiny airfield.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master
Sgt. Michael Farrisx T
Courtesy of Navy News
A P-3C Orion surveillance plane assigned to the Tigers of Patrol
Squadron Eight (VP-8) was deployed to Utapoa Royal Thai Air
Force Base, Thailand.i 77
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All Aboard
F-35 partners meet
on USS Nimitz for
lesson at sea.
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