Storm Misses Lajes: US Air Force elements at Lajes Field, Azores, in the Atlantic Ocean battened down in the face of Hurricane Gordon, but the Category 1 storm with winds expected to reach 70 mph packed less than half the punch of Tropical Storm Ioke that hit Wake Island in the Pacific. In fact, the Lajes airmen say this type of wind is normal for winters in the Azores. In the end, Gordon weakened and changed course, leaving Lajes untouched.
The Pave Hawk has landed, for the final time: the Air Force’s HH-60G helicopter made its final flight earlier this month. The 129th Rescue Wing of the California Air National Guard had a divestment ceremony for the service’s last operational HH-60G on Sept. 10 at Moffett Air National Guard Base.…
