DOT's LaHood Releases Economic Recovery Funds For Improvements
At PIT, AGC
US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced Thursday
that Pittsburgh International and Allegheny County Airports will
receive the first funding allocations for airport infrastructure
projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009.
An air data boom provides air pressure, temperature, and airflow
direction data to data acquisition and air data computers for the
computation of aircraft orientation, airspeed, altitude, and
related information.
"From his first days flying World War II combat
missions in Europe, to his work improving the welfare of enlisted
personnel as the first Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, and
his recent role as a mentor to today's Airmen, Chief Airey was a
man of honor and commitment to things greater than
himself."
Source: Michael Donley, Secretary of the US Air
Force, speaking of former Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
Paul Wesley Airey. Airey -- the first CMSAF -- passed away March 11
at his home in Panama City, FL.
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