The Air Fo
rce activated the 93rd Air Ground Operations Wing on Jan. 25 at Moody AFB, Ga. The unit, the first of its kind in USAF, is meant to streamline how the Air Force organizes, trains, equips, and employs battlefield airmen, who work directly with ground forces. The new wing consolidates the 3rd Air Support Operations Group at Ft. Hood, Tex., 18th ASOG at Pope AFB, N.C., and Moody’s own 820th Security Forces Group under a single command-and-control structure. The two ASOGs specialize in coordinating close air support and providing battlefield weather information, while the 820th executes force protection missions. “With the stand-up … the Air Force is dedicating itself to providing a new level of support to our highly specialized battlefield airmen,” said Brig. Gen. Michael Longoria, the wing’s commander, during the activation ceremony. (Moody report by SSgt. Andrea Thacker)
The Air Force has finished modifying and testing the new VC-25B Bridge aircraft that will serve as a temporary Air Force One, the service announced May 1. All that’s left now is to finish painting the jet before it starts flying this summer.