Vice President Dick Cheney, speaking at the convention of the Military Order of the Purple Heart in Missouri, called victory in Iraq “critical” and pledged to hunt down insurgents one by one, if necessary.
The last remaining T-1 Jayhawk at JBSA-Randolph, Texas, took its final flight to the "Boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on July 15. The 99th Flying Training Squadron will train pilots using T-6 and simulator until it gets T-7 Red Hawk in fiscal 2026.