Airframe: Alabama Air National Guard F-16s of the 187th Fighter Wing, supported by a KC-135 tanker, arrive over Romania for Exercise Dacian Viper, Oct. 13, 2015. A dozen Alabama F-16s and some 150 pilots, maintainers, and support personnel returned from Campia Turzii AB, Romania, earlier this month. (Air Force photo by SSgt. Matthew Bruch) (Click on image above to reach wallpaper version.)
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,…