Air Education and Training Command has issued a draft environmental impact statement on the three proposed locations for USAF’s new common battlefield airmen training center. AETC plans to consolidate similar training for all manner of battlefield airmen, those airmen whose primary duties put them on the ground, often with land or special operations forces, into a single schoolhouse it expects to open in 2011. The command has scheduled public hearings for the three locations: Arnold AFB, Tenn. (July 10), Barksdale AFB, La. (June 26), and Moody AFB, Ga. (July 12). You can find the addresses for the meetings and the 572-page draft EIS here.
Pentagon Releases Cost of Living, BAH Rates for 2026
Dec. 30, 2025
The Pentagon will pay cost of living allowances to 127,000 service members in the continental U.S. in 2026, an increase of 66,000 members in 2025. Airmen and Guardians across the U.S. will also receive an average increase of 4.2 percent for their Basic Housing Allowance, compared to the 5.4 percent…
