Crossing the border into Mexico and back netted a Cessna flown by three US citizens an F-16 Viper escort. The US Customs and Border Protection unit in Riverside tracked the aircraft as it crossed the border and back again, prompting a request for assistance from March ARB, Calif., where Montana Air National Guard’s 120th Fighter Wing has deployed F-16s to support Operation Noble Eagle. It turns out the Cessna had lost communications and was having engine trouble as the three men reportedly were on their way to Baja for a surfing holiday. The Vipers forced the Cessna to land at Oceanside, where federal and local officials eventually sorted the matter out and released the three men.
The top Air Force commander on on the Japanese island of Okinawa has clamped down alcohol and issued a curfew for junior enlisted Airmen and Guardians at Kadena Air Base for the next month. The order came roughly two weeks after a U.S. Marine was arrested for allegedly robbing and…