The Take Back the Air Guard group also has taken exception to the Air Force’s Future Total Force initiative to station active duty airmen with the Guard in Burlington, where they can gain experience working with seasoned Guardsmen. The group claims it’s an undercover way to turn the ANG facility into an active duty base. Just when we thought that most folks were unhappy when base closure action took away their facilities.
The U.S. sent Air Force F-16s over central Syria in a show-of-force response to the Dec. 13 killing of two U.S. Army Soldiers and one American civilian by a gunman linked to the Islamic State group.
