USAF airmen have been providing airlift support for the African Union peacekeeping mission in the Darfur region of Sudan for the past few years. The most recent mission for the 786th Air Expeditionary Squadron was Oct. 20, when the unit flew 400 Rwandan soldiers to Darfur, reports Capt. Erin Dorrance. The 786th AES expects to assist in transporting approximately 2,200 Rwandan troops and heavy equipment in and out of Darfur.
Active-Duty Airmen only have a few days left to submit an official waist-to-height ratio into the Air Force’s new online application. But the service clarified July 23 that this first body composition measurement is not meant to be scored as part of the new Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, or PFRA