Kenney Comes Up on One Year: As the Kenney Headquarters at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, nears the end of its first year, a senior Pacific Air Forces official says the warfighting center fills a previous void, like the other warfighting headquarters recently established by the Air Force, providing a “ready to act command and control capability 24/7/365.” Kenney commander, Lt. Gen. David Deptula, said, “Never again will we commence a no-notice contingency from a standing start.”
Trainees in Basic Military Training and technical school no longer have the option to try alternate PT drills if they fail an initial assessment, according to a policy change the Air Force made in April. The move is part of a larger shift out of the classroom and into hands-on,…