The Air Force Reserve Command C-130 unit based at Youngstown ARS, Ohio, got the OK to install infrared lights on two runways at the Youngstown-Warren Airport, which will enable the airmen of the 910th Airlift Wing to train using night vision goggles—a much-needed experience for operations in Southwest Asia. Wing officials told The Vindicator newspaper that no other AFRC unit has this training capability. So far, the new training tool has brought in units—Air National Guard and AFRC—from elsewhere in Ohio and New York and Pennsylvania.
Pentagon Puts Greenland Under US Northern Command
June 17, 2025
The Pentagon has given U.S. Northern Command responsibility for U.S. military operations in and near Greenland after President Donald Trump expressed interest in acquiring the Danish territory. Defending Greenland was previously the responsibility of U.S. European Command. But Greenland, an icy island in the High North between North America and…