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.
The 13th Fighter Squadron from Misawa Air Base, Japan, deployed its new F-35A fighters to a major exercise for the first time, sending them to Pacific Air Forces’ premier air combat training event: Red Flag-Alaska.