The Two-Year Reserve Duty: Members of the Air Force Reserve Command’s 773rd Airlift Squadron, Youngstown ARS, Ohio, have returned home after two years of duty in Iraq, reports the Youngstown Vindicator. They flew their C-130s for Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom from Dec. 1, 2003, to Nov. 30, 2005. When they returned, the commander of the 910th Airlift Wing, the unit’s parent, presented 220 Air Medals and 10 Aerial Achievement Medals to unit members.
As L3Harris proves its OA-1K Skyraider II special operations aircraft can carry a signals intelligence sensor and electronic attack weapon, a key congressional committee is poised to boost production of the converted Air Tractor prop plane.