The Air Force has some 200 airmen deployed to the Camp Lemonier in Djibouti, Africa, to support US Central Command’s Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa mission to prevent conflict and promote regional stability. The Air Force contingent last week got a visit from Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne, who called the work they do there “a tremendous benefit.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's recent direction that the military services return to a more old-school approach to basic training—with instructors "tossing bunks" and "putting their hands on recruits”—will likely require the Air Force to rewrite policies for military training instructors it has modified over time to cut down on such…