Airmen in Afghanistan are standing “yankee, go home” on its head by distributing clothes, school supplies, and toys under an adopt-a-village program orchestrated by the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Bagram AB, Afghanistan. A recent haul netted some 1,200 pounds of donations, most of which come from donors in America. “Hopefully programs like this can continue so more Afghan children will get to see the kindness in the hearts of the American people,” said SSgt. Matt Greene, deployed from Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
A combined Navy and Air Force program is seeking to build a smaller version of a ubiquitous air-to-air missile that could give advanced aircraft, such as the Collaborative Combat Aircraft, greater magazine depth in a high-end fight.