On Thursday, some 70 airmen assigned to Keesler AFB, Miss., who have been serving tours in Southwest Asia were due in to Houston. The Air Force planned to send them on to Randolph Air Force Base near San Antonio, where they would start the task of finding family members who were evacuated from Keesler.
Aircraft readiness will suffer if Congress does not approve some $1.5 billion worth of spare parts the Air Force requested in its annual Unfunded Priorities List, sent to Capitol Hill last week, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin said.