Air Force Reserve Command deactivated its 913th Airlift Wing at Willow Grove ARS, Pa., on Sept. 30, reports The Intelligencer. The unit, which fell prey to BRAC 2005, has operated out of Willow Grove for about 40 years. A unit spokesman told the newspaper that about 260 of the unit’s 300 full-time employees had found new positions and some 1,000 of the 1,200 traditional part-time Reservists had gone to other units.
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.