Air Reserve Personnel Center has selected a total of 2,218 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command officers—out of about 3,200 considered—for advancement to a higher grade. The selection rate for line officers to lieutenant colonel IPZ was 76 percent and APZ was 28 percent. For a complete list, go here.
Less than a day after arriving in the Middle East, F-15E Strike Eagles from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. defended Israel from an Iranian attack in April 2024. DUDE flight, four F-15Es from the 335th Fighter Squadron, downed two dozen Iranian drones in roughly 45 minutes.