Officials at Keesler AFB, Miss., say that base airmen have contributed more than 38,000 volunteer hours to support the post-hurricane rebuilding efforts in the area surrounding the base. The base still gets about 10 calls each week for assistance from outfits such as Habitat for Humanity and the Salvation Army.
The Air Force may wind up buying land to build 120 new intercontinental ballistic missile silos as part of its revamped infrastructure approach for the new Sentinel ICBM.