Air Force Reserve Command’s 927th Air Refueling Wing at Selfridge ANGB, Mich., last week began the formal transfer of its KC-135s to the Air National Guard’s 127th Wing, also at Selfridge. The Detroit News reports that the two reserve components are working well together. The 127th Wing began shedding its C-130s this fall and now is learning the ways of the tanker from the 927th, which will be heading south to become an associate unit with the active duty 6th Air Mobility Wing at MacDill AFB, Fla.
A cracked engine part sparked a massive fire that caused shrapnel and burn injuries to an Airman and nearly $15 million in serious damages to a B-1B Lancer bomber last spring. The bomber’s jet engine was running as mechanics at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, were working on its hydraulics…