The first KC-135 tanker aircraft with the 939th Air Refueling Wing to depart its home base at Portland, Ore., for the last time took wing July 14, marking the first step toward fulfillment of the unit’s BRAC 2005 obligation. The 939th ARW will lose all eight of its aircraft and 900 authorized positions, most by September 2007. The wing’s executive staff and mission support personnel are expected to remain in Portland until Sept. 30, 2010. Air Force Reserve Command plans to secure a new space mission for the 939th and move it to Vandenberg AFB, Calif., beginning in October 2010.
US Military Blows Up Second Alleged Drug Boat in Caribbean
Sept. 15, 2025
The U.S. military conducted its second deadly strike on an alleged drug-carrying vessel off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump announced Sept. 15, as his administration continues an aggressive military campaign in the Caribbean.
