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^- Hey there everyone, I'm airman first class

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^Jasmine Vanderhaden with your look around the Air Force.

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^A 40 year old safety standard for Air Force ejection seats

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^gets an update as the four 18th flight test squadrant

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^tries out a new parachute canopy for the

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^advanced concept ejection C2 or ACE 2.

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^Testers are collecting data on the GR 7000 parachute,

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^a proposed replacement for the current C9 canopy

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^used in the ACE 2.

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^The GR 7000 is designed to handle

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^greater weight ranges for pilots as well as providing

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^a slower rate of decent and oscillation.

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^For the past several weeks, testing has consisted

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^of 10 dummy drops, 20 live person drops

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^and five drops using a cross wind deployment

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^cylindrical task vehicle which resembles an inert bomb.

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^Roughly 80 percent of the qualification testing

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^has been completed.

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^Squadrant revitalization teams visited Scott Air Force base

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^Illinois as part of an Air Force wide initiative.

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^The visits are driven by airman to identify areas

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^of improvement and provide opportunities

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^to discuss constructive ideas that would be applicable

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^to all squadrants.

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^The effort is a four phase process,

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^which includes studying the prior climate,

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sending surveys, in person interviews, and a web based

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platform allowing airman to submit insights into current

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challenges and possible solutions.

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^Three substantial changes are coming to the Air Force's

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^developmental special duty process to include opening

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^military training instructor opportunities

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^to staff sergeants, reverting the technical training

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^instructor process for three level awarding school houses

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^back to equal plus and lowering the physical training score

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^for all DSD and TT1 positions to 75 points.

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^Developmental special duty qualifications

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^are outlined in the special duty catalog.

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^More information about the changes

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^can be found on the myPers website.

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^For more on these and other stories,

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^check out AF dot mill.

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^And that's your look around the Air Force.

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