The Air Force is offering Aviator Continuation Pay to select pilots and air battle managers—no combat systems officers—for Fiscal 2007. The aim is to garner commitments from “specific rated officer demographic groups” to help the service “stabilize the inventory,” states an Air Force Personnel Center news release. Eligible pilots are being offered $25,000 for five years and ABMs get $15,000.
The Pentagon plans to use U.S. Air Force C-17s and C-130s to deport 5,400 people currently detained by Customs and Border Protection, officials announced Jan. 22, the first act in President Donald Trump’s sweeping promise to crack down on undocumented immigrants and increase border security.