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 crash of a T-38 trainer jet this May—which caused a weekslong pause in flights across the fleet—was caused by an improperly installed pin for one of the jet’s horizontal stabilizers, according to a new accident report released Oct. 30. When the pin disengaged midflight, it created the slightest amount…