Next week some 200 senior officers will know whether they were tapped by the recent Selective Early Retirement Board. The Air Force plans to release the list on Feb. 15. The SERB that met in January considered 657 officers—214 colonels and 443 lieutenant colonels.
Congress is making moves to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, but lawmakers have only a few days left to clear the procedural hurdles necessary to ensure troops get paid Nov. 14. The issue is particularly pressing for tens of thousands of uniformed personnel in the Air National…
