The coalition Provisional Reconstruction Team working out of Bagram AB, Afghanistan, not only oversaw reconstruction of a local school, it also helped find the funding to get the job done. Air Force journalist MSgt. Orville Desjarlais Jr. reports that the mission of the Bagram PRT, a mix of US Air Force, US Army, and South Korean military members, is to work with the Afghan government to build schools, roads, and bridges—essentially aiding the influence of the Afghan central government and enhancing security. Read more here.
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall doesn’t see great value in trying to break the Sentinel ICBM program off as a separate budget item the way the Navy has with its ballistic-missile submarine program, saying such a move wouldn’t create any new money for the Air Force to spend on other…