New housing is in the works at several Air Force bases: Barksdale AFB, La., Bolling AFB, D.C., Eielson AFB, Alaska, and Langley AFB, Va. The Shreveport Times reports that Barksdale, Bolling, Langley are covered under a single privatized development plan called BLB Housing that will cover construction or renovation of 3,146 housing units, beginning within a year. According to an Eielson release, the Eielson project, which includes 16 four-plexes and three duplexes—70 new homes—will begin this summer.
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.