A C-17 flown by airmen deployed to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in Southwest Asia airdropped about 80,000 pounds of supplies Jan. 14 to help support forward-deployed forces and Afghan residents in the snow-covered mountains. The airlifter crew used the Joint Precision Airdrop Delivery System to get the supplies within a few feet of the target zone. Air Force officials say the accuracy of the JPADS is now within 10 meters.
From pararescuemen to paralegals, the Air Force is expanding bonus opportunities for Airmen in certain career fields who reenlist in 2025. The service expanded its Selective Retention Bonus to 89 Air Force Specialty Codes on Dec. 16. That’s up from 73 a year ago and 51 the year before that.