Coalition airstrikes on the city of Fallujah have increased as Iraqi forces prepare to retake the city held by ISIS extremists since 2014. In the past year or so, coalition aircraft have conducted 38 deliberate strikes on targets in the city, but now are increasing the pace of operations on dynamic targets that are developing in advance of the fight, said Lt. Gen. Charles Brown, commander of Air Forces Central Command, during a Thursday briefing. Coalition aircraft also are regularly flying reconnaissance support for the advance. Every time there is a ground force on the move, an airplane is above them, Brown said.
Active-Duty Airmen only have a few days left to submit an official waist-to-height ratio into the Air Force’s new online application. But the service clarified July 23 that this first body composition measurement is not meant to be scored as part of the new Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, or PFRA