The Air Force apparently is gearing up to celebrate its 60th anniversary—which will be Sept. 18, 2007, the date the Air Force became a separate service. USAF leaders already have named Col. Benjamin J. Hulsey to serve as Director for the 60th Anniversary Task Force. Hulsey’s last post was as director of operations management at Air Mobility Command’s Tanker Airlift Control Center, Scott AFB, Ill.
Secretary of Defense Austin Lloyd III met with his counterparts from Australia, Japan and the Philippines to discuss bolstering defense ties on May 2. The discussion included plans for joint F-35 exercises with Japan and Australia in the coming years.