USAF airlift units fly more than 360 tons of relief cargo to Mexico City following massive earthquakes there. On Sept. 23, the 89th Military Airlift Wing transports First Lady Nancy Reagan to Mexico City to express the nation’s concern and to deliver a check for $1 million.
The Air Force is on track to reach its annual goal of graduating 1,500 new pilots that had proved elusive to this point, one year after the service launched a sweeping overhaul of its undergraduate pilot training program, Air Education and Training Command said Sept. 14.
