Air Forces Central announced March 15 that an airman working with a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, was killed that day by an improvised explosive device. The name of the airman is being withheld pending next-of-kin notification and release by Department of Defense officials.
Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, held meetings with defense leaders from the Philippines, Japan, and South Korea during a trip to the Indo-Pacific this week.