The Air Force will not offer the 50-percent up-front option for all aviators and has no offerings for navigators in Fiscal 2006. Officials say that the 2006 aviator continuation pay program is only open to some 750 pilots and air battle managers. It all depends on availability of rated officers in specific year groups, they say. So what can the eligible pilots and ABMs expect? They can get a five-year, fixed agreement ACP at $25,000 for pilots and $15,000 for ABMs. Applications can be found here.
The U.S. thwarted a drone attack on U.S. forces at Al Asad air base in western Iraq on April 22, marking the first time that American troops have been targeted since February, U.S. officials said. “We can confirm it was an attack on Al Asad,” a defense official told Air & Space…