The innovative airmen of the 435th Munitions Squadron at Ramstein AB, Germany, are re-organizing to ensure their dwindling numbers are fully trained to maintain a wider assortment of weapons. The unit’s airmen earlier this year saved the Air Force mega-bucks by undertaking the transfer of motors from old advanced-medium-range air-to-air missiles themselves. Now the unit has lost half its workforce, so the remaining airmen pioneered the new unit structure, according to a 43rd MUNS release.
Amid a renewed focus on readiness, Congress moved to keep the Air Force’s shrinking combat fleet from getting even smaller in the latest version of its annual defense policy bill, blocking scores of divestments of two major fourth-generation fighters.
