US Navy – The airfield on Midway Island, currently run by a private company, may close.

• Associated Press: Pacific Refueling Base Threatened
  

US Marines – The US Marines helicopter fleet is rapidly reaching block obsolescence.

• San Diego Union Tribune: Crashes highlight potential danger in Marines’ aging airfleet
  

US Navy – The USS John F Kennedy will begin sea trials this week.

• Virginian Pilot: USS Kennedy to begin sea trials next week
  

Background – Targeting – The ultimate goal – decrease the time from sensor to shooter to minutes, if not seconds???

• Air Force Magazine: From Sensor to Shooter
  

Background – Turkey – How important is Turkey as an ally? Very important.

• Air Force Magazine: Turkey Stands Forward