Air Force Reserve Command’s 440th Airlift Wing, which relocated from Wisconsin to Pope AFB, N.C., has picked up where it left off, flying Integrated Continental US Medical Operations Plan missions. The wing, which is the only AFRC unit flying ICOMP missions, had to stop during its transition to Pope, reports Lt. Col. Ann Knabe. Milwaukee. These missions originally flew injured servicemembers from medical facilities in the US to their homes, but they now include other stateside missions that call for C-130 airlifters.
The U.K. and the U.S. will continue to enjoy access to the ports, airfield, and workshops at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean for at least another century, under a deal inked between the U.K. and Mauritius May 22.