The flight line of Incirlik AB, Turkey, has become crowded with cargo and airmen as elements of the Air Force’s 39th Air Base Wing and the Turkish 10th Tanker Base worked to load 19 truckloads of United Nations supplies onto C-130s bound for Pakistan. The first shipment of aid left Oct. 19, and the airmen at the base had been working 24-hours-a-day for three days prior, according to Capt. Paul Cornwell, the 39th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s operations officer.
As the Space Force eyes a possible fivefold increase in the number of satellites it operates on orbit, defense officials are looking for ways to shore up the industrial base to support that growth, which is expected over the next three to five years.
