Retired Col. Jack Ahren Sims died June 9 in Naples, Fla., at age 88. Sims was one of the pilots of the famed Doolittle Raiders, flying off the USS Hornet to attack the Japanese Home islands in April 1942.
The last remaining T-1 Jayhawk at JBSA-Randolph, Texas, took its final flight to the "Boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on July 15. The 99th Flying Training Squadron will train pilots using T-6 and simulator until it gets T-7 Red Hawk in fiscal 2026.