? Officials with the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C., broke ground for the new outpatient medical clinic that is scheduled to open on base in mid to late 2016, replacing the current facility, according to a base release. The ceremony took place on Aug. 12; construction of the 106,500-square-foot Thomas F. Koritz Clinic is scheduled to commence in January 2015, states the release. Following completion of the $53 million construction project, medical personnel will transition to the new state-of-the-art facility and workers will demolish the current clinic. The new facility will be one of the most significant upgrades to the base in the last 30 years, said Col. Mark Slocum, 4th FW commander. It will feature “the integrated technology necessary to ensure the health and wellness of the community and maintain a combat-ready and deployable force,” he said. The clinic is named after Maj. Thomas Koritz, an Air Force surgeon and pilot based at Seymour Johnson, who was killed in Operation Desert Storm in 1991.
Airman 1st Class Marcus White-Allen concocted a story to cover up that he fired his M18 9mm pistol into Airman Braden Lovan’s chest killing him on July 20, two Airmen from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, WY testified during separate courts martial proceedings on Oct. 30-31.
