The Air 
Force efforts to curb use of airmen as in-lieu-of soldiers appears headed in the wrong direction, if a news report by Scott Schonauer of Stars and Stripes is correct. Top leaders have emphasized that the service is trying to reduce the number of ILO airmen, especially those serving outside their specialties. However, Col. Karl Bosworth, head of the 732nd Air Expeditionary Group at Balad AB, Iraq, told Stripes that the current ILO force of some 1,500 airmen in Iraq might triple over the next year. He said, “We anticipate the requirements will grow somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 over the next year.” Bosworth said the driver for this increase is the transition from fighting to nation building.
Airman 1st Class Marcus White-Allen concocted a story to cover up that he fired his M18 9mm pistol into Airman Braden Lovan’s chest, killing him on July 20, two Airmen from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., testified during separate courts martial proceedings on Oct. 30-31.
