As much expertise as the National Guard has compiled in homeland defense missions, Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, National Guard Bureau boss, said he is not receptive to suggestions that would separate the Guard from the total force to serve solely in domestic missions. “This heads you down the road of being a constabulary force and won’t serve the nation as effectively,” McKinley said Tuesday at AFA’s Air & Space Conference. To dedicate the Guard—Army or Air—to domestic missions would erode capability across the total force.
The 60th Air Mobility Wing conducted its final 'A-check' inspection on their KC-10 Extender fleet at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. There are no further inspections scheduled for the fleet before the aircraft's decommission in September.