MSgt. Anthony Roy, an instructor flight engineer with the 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., flew his 200th combat sortie recently during deployment to Southwest Asia, amassing 1,500 combat flying hours. Roy crosstrained from aircraft maintenance six years ago. The 43rd ECS flies the EC-130H Compass Call, one of USAF’s high-demand, low-density systems. (USAF report by SSgt. Tia Schroeder)
The Air Force has finished modifying and testing the new VC-25B Bridge aircraft that will serve as a temporary Air Force One, the service announced May 1. All that’s left now is to finish painting the jet before it starts flying this summer.