Lt. Gen. John A. Bradley, head of Air Force Reserve Command, teamed with CMSgt. Jackson Winsett, AFRC’s top enlisted man, on a recent swing through Southwest Asia. According to the Rock Slate newspaper, Bradley promised to “look at” an idea voiced to him by many Reserve airmen. They said they were willing to volunteer for a longer deployment in theater if AFRC could send more members of their units at the same time.
The Air Force has finished resurrecting a B-1B Lancer, completing a yearslong process to transform a bomber that had been stored for parts in the Arizona desert into the new flagship of the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.