The Air Force also tapped the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing at Moffett Field, Calif., to provide two HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters and air, rescue, and maintenance crews. They flew to Los Alamitos Army Airfield, to provide search and rescue support. And, Air Mobility Command engaged its 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center at Scott AFB, Ill., to manage movement of about 103 tons of equipment to March ARB, Calif., where the Army set up a command center. AMC also dispatched 25 aeromedical evacuation personnel. It placed airlift and air refueling aircraft on alert at several bases. Air Force Space Command provided firefighters from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., to work alongside civil crews.
The U.S. thwarted a drone attack on U.S. forces at Al Asad air base in western Iraq on April 22, marking the first time that American troops have been targeted since February, U.S. officials said. “We can confirm it was an attack on Al Asad,” a defense official told Air & Space…