A new-build C-17 transport arrived at JB Charleston, SC, last week, bringing the total number of C-17s assigned to the base’s 437th Airlift Wing to 58, reports Charleston’s The Post and Courier. Lt. Gen. Allen Peck, commander of Air University at Maxwell AFB, Ala., flew the aircraft in from Boeing’s C-17 assembly plant in Long Beach, Calif., on Dec. 9. Col. Brian Robinson, 437th AW vice commander, accompanied Peck.
F-35As from the Vermont Air National Guard have deployed to Puerto Rico in recent days, continuing a major buildup of U.S. Air Force assets in Latin America aimed at combating drug trafficking and pressuring the regime of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
