Pacific Air Forces plans to deactivate its 607th Combat Communications Squadron in South Korea as part of a command-wide restructuring of its communications capability that will culminate with establishment of a regional unit at Andersen AFB, Guam, reports Stars and Stripes. The plan involves leaving some tactical comm capability—about 15 positions—at Osan AB, South Korea, and basing a larger unit, an as yet unnumbered squadron under Andersen’s 36th Contingency Response Group.
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,…