The Air National Guard-led 1st Air Force/Air Forces Northern, headquartered at Tyndall AFB, Fla., working with the Civil Air Patrol, has supplied aerial photography of flooding in various areas of Missouri at the state’s request, said Maj. Gen. Hank Morrow, commander of 1st AF (AFNORTH), in a March 26 release. As of early this week, CAP crews had flown about 36 hours to provide more than 100 photos of stricken areas to help local and state officials assess damage and provide relief.
Trainees in Basic Military Training and technical school no longer have the option to try alternate PT drills if they fail an initial assessment, according to a policy change the Air Force made in April. The move is part of a larger shift out of the classroom and into hands-on,…