Fifteen Air and Army National Guard members of Kentucky’s 41st Civil Support Team (Weapons of Mass Destruction) are conducting environmental tests in Brooks, Ky., following a train derailment there Jan. 16 in which the cargo of flammable liquid spilled out on the tracks and caught fire. To help ensure public safety, Guardsmen are conducting air quality tests with local authorities, but there was no initial determination as to the type of liquid.
Amid NATO’s continued push to ramp up air defenses in Eastern Europe, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall swung by seven allied countries to boost relations last week, including those on Russia’s and Ukraine’s doorstep.