Air Force Special Operations Command has created a Battlefield Airman Clinic, which it expects to “better serve the unique physical needs” of USAF’s ground warriors as they go through advanced skills training. The new clinic is primarily the work of the medical staff of the 720th Special Tactics Group at Hurlburt Field, Fla. “Our special operators and TACP [tactical air control party] students have different needs and different injuries that require different focus and perspective,” said Maj. Gen. Don Wurster, AFSOC vice commander, at the official ribbon cutting.
A year after Typhoon Mawar hit Guam, the Air Force estimates it will need nearly $9.7 billion to rebuild and improve its facilities on the island. The number is close to double the $4.39 billion spent to date rebuilding Tyndall and Offutt Air Force Bases in Florida and Nebraska after…