Firefighters from F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., and the Wyoming Air National Guard helped save homes and other structures from a quickly spreading grass fire earlier this week. According to the Associated Press news service, high winds fed the fire, which consumed 1,000 acres of grassland west of Cheyenne.
The Air Force won’t finalize a new deal with Boeing for another 75 KC-46 tankers until some of the “deficiencies” with the refueler are resolved, new Vice Chief of Staff Gen. John D. Lamontagne told lawmakers March 4.