Support from around the country continues to flow into the Katrina devastated Gulf Coast. Even Air Force units in the upper Northwest are keeping the operations moving. Logistics readiness and aerial port airmen of AFRC’s 939th Air Refueling Wing, Portland Airport, Ore., are providing round-the-clock support to airlift some 1,700 Oregon National Guard troops and their equipment. Since Sept. 2, the Reservists have loaded and fueled more than 20 C-5 airlifters and KC-135 tankers.
Northrop Grumman has broken ground on a major new production facility for the B-21 Raider, the company and the Air Force announced Oct. 6. The construction comes as a top service official said testing on the bomber is going well in the lead up to its planned introduction into the…
