There will be 70 Air National Guard airmen working at the Air Reserve Personnel Center in Denver later this year, provided the Air Guard fills the other 68 billets. ANG already has two airmen headed to ARPC and plans to close its search for the other airmen next month. ARPC is taking over personnel services for the Air Guard, significantly increasing the center’s workload, reports Mike Molina at ARPC. The Guardsmen working at the center will be on four-year active duty tours.
The U.S., South Korea, and Japan flew an unusual trilateral flight with two U.S. B-52H Stratofortress bombers escorted by two Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2s, and two ROK Air Force KF-16 fighters—both countries’ respective variants of the F-16—July 11. That same weekend, the top military officers of the three nations…