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.”
Active-Duty Airmen only have a few days left to submit an official waist-to-height ratio into the Air Force’s new online application. But the service clarified July 23 that this first body composition measurement is not meant to be scored as part of the new Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, or PFRA