The Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing has received the first of four additional C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft the unit will get under BRAC 2005. The Tribune-Eagle reports that this first one came from Air Force Reserve Command’s 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson AFB, Colo. With its new Herks, the Wyoming unit will have 12 airlifters.
Earlier this spring, the 388th Fighter Wing proved just 12 Airmen can operate an F-35 contingency location, refueling and rearming the fighters at spots across Georgia and South Carolina. The demonstration, part of exercise Agile Flag 23-1, marks yet another proof of concept for the Air Force’s plan to send…