Air Mobility Command undergoes a major restructuring, creating a single numbered air force-18th Air Force, headquartered at Scott AFB, Ill.-and transforming 15th AF at Travis AFB, Calif., and 21st AF at McGuire AFB, N.J., into expeditionary mobility task forces reporting to 18th AF.
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.
