Airmen of the Ohio Air National Guard’s 121st Air Refueling Wing are spending the next two months, rather than the usual two to three weeks, at Andersen AFB, Guam, to help fill the void left by ANG KC-135 units unable to deploy. TSgt. Steven Wilson reports that those units are either disbanding or undergoing mission conversions, courtesy of BRAC 2005 and ongoing Air Force modernization efforts.
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,…