The 317th Airlift Group at Dyess AFB, Tex., has received its fourth new-build C-130J transport. The unit is building toward having a fleet of 28 C-130Js by 2013. The new airlifters are replacing the group’s aging C-130Hs. Dyess received its first C-130Js in April. The newest one arrived Dec. 8, according to base officials. (Dyess photo caption by SrA. Jenifer H. Calhoun)
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.