This news may be anathema to the elite ground warriors—each with their separate traditions and work—of the Air Force, but USAF leadership want to create a “common schoolhouse” for battlefield airmen. It would be required training for everyone from security forces to terminal attack controllers. The preferred location: Moody AFB, Ga. Gen. Michael Moseley believes that establishing a centralized syllabus and a common curriculum to cover basics would better prepare these airmen to enter their respective career fields and engage in joint operations.
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.