Housing is more expensive in California than many other states, even close to Edwards Air Force Base out in the desert near Palmdale. Base officials finally have won a three-year battle to secure a basic allowance for housing increase. This year, military members who live in the surrounding communities are getting a BAH boost ranging from 22 percent to 35 percent.
Members of the Air Force Reserve’s 920th Rescue Wing helped save 11 airplane crash survivors off the coast of Florida on May 12. The Reserve Airmen were flying an HC-130J Combat King II and an HH-60W Jolly Green II on a routine training flight when a Coast Guard call diverted…