In South Carolina near Shaw Air Force Base, local officials want to protect the air base from potential encroachment, so they formed the Shaw Protection Committee, reports Associated Press news service. They do not believe that BRAC 2005 was the last of the base closure rounds.
The last remaining T-1 Jayhawk at JBSA-Randolph, Texas, took its final flight to the "Boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on July 15. The 99th Flying Training Squadron will train pilots using T-6 and simulator until it gets T-7 Red Hawk in fiscal 2026.