Some 300 airmen and a complement of F-16Cs from the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire ANGS, S.C., are deploying to Kadena AB, Japan, on the island of Okinawa, reports the Associated Press news service. They plan to stay for six weeks, during which they’ll train with Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps elements in the US Pacific Command region.
Active-Duty Airmen only have a few days left to submit an official waist-to-height ratio into the Air Force’s new online application. But the service clarified July 23 that this first body composition measurement is not meant to be scored as part of the new Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, or PFRA