Airmen with the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, prepared and airdropped surprise bundles—sodas, cookies, beef jerky, CDs, DVDs, socks, T-shirts, and more—on the 4th of July for soldiers at some of the most remote forward operating bases throughout Afghanistan. Arranging and packing these gift bundles was a joint effort of senior Army leaders in Combined Joint Task Force-76 and the Air Force C-130 crews. In total, the 774th EAS airdropped 14 container delivery system bundles weighing 1,500 pounds each to seven locations. (Read more here.)
Lt. Gen. Stephen L. Davis, the Department of the Air Force’s top internal watchdog, has been nominated to lead Air Force Global Strike Command, which oversees the service’s bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles.