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.
The U.S. military is maintaining a beefed-up presence in the Middle East, including fighters and air defense assets, following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities June 22 and subsequent retaliation by the Iranians against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
