The Air Force activates a new Field Operating Agency, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center at JBSA-Lackland, Tex., to oversee the service’s civil engineering functions worldwide, merging the San Antonio-based Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment and Air Force Real Property Agency with the Tyndall AFB, Fla.-based Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency.
The Air Force could conduct an operation like Israel's successful air campaign against Iran's nuclear sites, military leadership and air defenses, but readiness issues would make it risky, airpower experts said. Limited spare parts and training, low mission capable rates and few flying hours would put a drag on USAF's…