Congress has quashed the 2003 provision that would allow new military recruits to serve part of their commitment in the Peace Corps. A band of lawmakers, led by Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.), were successful in getting an amendment in the 2006 defense policy bill that eliminated the Peace Corps option under the National Call to Service program. This will not please some like Colman McCarthy who saw it as an opportunity for the Peace Corps to raid the Pentagon money bank.
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.