Aiming to get its airmen in and out of Southwest Asia more easily and with less cost, the Air Force hit on the idea of letting the current crop of airmen drop their mobility bags. What’s the big deal? Apparently, USAF believes it will save $5.1 million per air and space expeditionary (AEF) rotation. The idea is not new. USAF believes it was probably the brainchild of a supply guy working Operation Southern Watch in 1998. It took the 379th Air Expeditonary Wing, at Ali AB, Iraq, to identify stable storage locations from existing facilities to resurface the idea. It is just in test now, with the first crop of bags going into storage. Time will tell.
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