Foreign militaries don’t just visit USAF units to learn about the combat strike or mobility forces. They even want to see how US airmen manage the stores of parts and equipment needed to keep the combat elements flying. Five members of the Botswana Defense Force recently took in an eyeful at Ramstein AB, Germany, where they reviewed the operation of the 435th Logistics Readiness Squadron. Maj. Pako Plattjie, with the BDF crew, said, “We are trying to model procedures with the best.”
DOD Still Has No Plan To Stop Using Russian Gas in Europe
April 17, 2024
The Defense Department has not fulfilled a Congressional mandate to submit a plan for weaning U.S. military bases in Europe off of Russian energy, which could “be helping to fund the Russian war effort to the tune of a million dollars a week,” according to researchers.