Airmen deployed from Holloman AFB, N.M., finished building the Air Force’s largest deployable hangar at Bagram AB, Afghanistan, last week, reports Capt. Michael Meredith. A nine-person team from Holloman’s 49th Material Maintenance Group worked on the 225-foot by 70-foot hangar from Oct. 22 through Nov. 5. It will house three HH-60 Pave Hawk combat search and rescue helicopters instead of the normal one aircraft per hangar. MSgt. Samuel Tran, team leader, said, “This is basically two and half shelters grafted together, and this is the largest one like it in the Air Force.”
Top Lawmakers Want 15 Percent Pay Raise for Enlisted Troops
April 19, 2024
A new law introduced by Congress would raise the pay rate 15 percent for junior enlisted troops and seek improvements on a range of quality of life issues, such as pay and compensation, child care, housing, health care access, and military spouse employment.