It may seem a strange turn of affairs, but the Pentagon imported some 120 Air National Guardsmen and National Guardsmen from Guam to aid hurricane relief operations in Louisiana, according to a local Guam TV station. The Guardsmen were returning this week to the Pacific island after their two-month tour stateside.
The crash of a T-38 trainer jet this May—which caused a weekslong pause in flights across the fleet—was caused by an improperly installed pin for one of the jet’s horizontal stabilizers, according to a new accident report released Oct. 30. When the pin disengaged midflight, it created the slightest amount…