US airmen and soldiers are in Pakistan, beginning Operation Promise Keeping, the follow-up to last year’s earthquake disaster response effort. USAF C-130s have started delivering building supplies, part of some $206 million in US aid pledged over the next four years. US Army helicopters are slated to ferry the materials to the remote northern parts of Pakistan hit by the earthquake.
Earlier this spring, the 388th Fighter Wing proved just 12 Airmen can operate an F-35 contingency location, refueling and rearming the fighters at spots across Georgia and South Carolina. The demonstration, part of exercise Agile Flag 23-1, marks yet another proof of concept for the Air Force’s plan to send…