As part of Operation Rubber Wall, Military Airlift Command flies 85 C-141, 24 C-5, and four C-130 missions to transport about 4,000 tons of supplies from the US to American marines in Lebanon.
The Air Force will promote 11.07 percent of eligible master sergeants to senior master sergeant this year, a decline from last cycle that snaps a four-year streak of increases. Out of a pool of 13,315 eligible individuals, 1,474 new E-8s were selected.
