An article on “Cape Cod Today” Web site by freelance reporter Jeff Blanchard focuses on one of the Air National Guardsmen who is part of the current Operation Deep Freeze mission, ferrying supplies and personnel at the Antarctica. Blanchard interviewed Brewster, Mass., resident Sal—a pilot and navigator with the New York ANG’s 109th Airlift Wing.
Trainees in Basic Military Training and technical school no longer have the option to try alternate PT drills if they fail an initial assessment, according to a policy change the Air Force made in April. The move is part of a larger shift out of the classroom and into hands-on,…