Sixty-six assignments to Incirlik AB, Turkey, have been extended to 24-month tours regardless of accompanied status, states a late December release from the Air Force Personnel Center. This change applies to anyone selected for assignment to Incirlik after Jan. 1, and includes positions held by airmen first class all the way through lieutenant colonel as long as they “directly support the priority level one mission” there, said Bill Warner, AFPC’s assignment programs and procedures branch chief. Airmen in current priority level one positions will continue their 15- or 24-month assignments as originally planned, according to the release.
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.
