Within a day of the religious intolerance lawsuit filed by Air Force Academy graduate Mikey Weinstein (DR, 10/07/05), Colorado Rep. Joel Hefley (R) asserted that the religious guidelines developed by the Air Force—and ridiculed by Weinstein as too little—go too far in restricting religion in the service. “We don’t want to do something that keeps someone from living their faith,” Hefley said at a meeting in Washington, D.C., of the academy’s oversight group. Hefley continued: “We see this in schools across the country. They’re so afraid of anything religious.”
Amid NATO’s continued push to ramp up air defenses in Eastern Europe, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall swung by seven allied countries to boost relations last week, including those on Russia’s and Ukraine’s doorstep.