Six B-1B bombers and some 173 airmen from the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth AFB, S.D., have arrived at Eielson AFB, Alaska, to lead the action for the first Red Flag-Alaska of 2007, now underway and continuing through April 21. About 80 aircraft from the Air Force and Navy and foreign countries are participating in this first of three Alaskan Red Flags for 2007.
The U.S. military announced Dec. 6 that it is standing down its entire fleet of Ospreys after eight Airmen were killed in a crash. The Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy are all standing down Osprey operations after an Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22 crashed off the coast of…