Airmen in Air Force Reserve Command’s 67th Aerial Port Squadron at Hill AFB, Utah, decided to abandon traditional Reserve deployment by ones and twos and instead worked for more than a year to coordinate sending the entire unit to Afghanistan, reports SSgt. Craig Seals. And, they are all volunteers. At Bagram Air Base, the unit has gone beyond their basic task of managing loading and unloading of aircraft, it “built a secure fence around the [cargo] yard, streamlined our cargo processes, and brought things back in line with [Air Mobility Command] guidelines,” said flight chief SMSgt. Dale Johnson, adding, “These guys have got amazing resolve.”
The last remaining T-1 Jayhawk at JBSA-Randolph, Texas, took its final flight to the "Boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on July 15. The 99th Flying Training Squadron will train pilots using T-6 and simulator until it gets T-7 Red Hawk in fiscal 2026.