Airmen in Southwest Asia with the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron are handling two separate Army movements, requiring them to load an extra 27 to 36 pallets of supplies and equipment every day aboard USAF C-17s or contract cargo aircraft for redistribution within the theater, reports SrA. Erik Hofmeyer. And, SSgt. Kevin Tomko relates much the same story for 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron airmen, who are working 12-hours shifts, seven days a week to keep the surge in cargo moving through Bagram AB, Iraq.
Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, nominee to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Defense Department needs to upgrade its electronic warfare capability and its EW training ranges; just as his predecessor said at his own confirmation hearing.