Union firefighters who work at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, are crying foul over an Air Force plan to cut some 25 percent of the firefighter jobs, reports the Dayton Daily News. A base official told the newspaper that the base had decided it could mange with fewer firefighters on base by relying on neighboring civic fire services.
The U.S. military is maintaining a beefed-up presence in the Middle East, including fighters and air defense assets, following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities June 22 and subsequent retaliation by the Iranians against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
