Some 40 senior enlisted personnel from every branch of the US military recently descended upon Peterson AFB, Colo., as part of the Pentagon’s Keystone course, a two-week immersion in the joint arena. At Peterson, the enlisted leaders received indoctrination into NORAD and US Northern Command. Selection to attend a Keystone course means they may serve in a joint task force assignment
The Air Force pulled a KC-135 out of storage at the “Boneyard” in early April, three weeks after another one of the service’s Stratotankers crashed in Iraq during Operation Epic Fury.