Altus AFB, Okla. just graduated its last Basic Boom Operator class, reports SrA. Aldric Borders. Altus has graduated 105 classes, comprising 1,288 students. Air Education and Training Command is moving the course to the Career Enlisted Aviator Center of Excellence at Lackland AFB, Tex.
In the face of Chinese war plans to disrupt U.S. command-and-control networks in the event of a conflict, the Air Force needs to focus less on its “connect everything” efforts and prepare its combat aviators to fight without a constant connection to higher-ups, according to a new report from AFA’s…
