The Associated Press reports that a US Air Force F-16 fighter crashed Tuesday morning off the west coast of the Korean peninsula. The pilot ejected safely, picked up by a rescue crew from the South Korean Air Force.
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,…