Retired Gen. Lew Allen Jr., 10th Air Force Chief of Staff who died Jan. 4 in Potomac Falls, Va., at age 84, was laid to rest with full military honors Monday at Arlington National Cemetery. Among those in attendance were current Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz, Allen’s wife Barbara, and additional family members. Allen served as CSAF from July 1978 to July 1982. (Air Force report by MSgt. Russell Petcoff)
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said he'd be “comfortable’ with the service taking over the air base defense mission from the Army, provided it was given the resources and manpower to do so. The Army has been slow to devote the resources and attention needed to matching the Air Force’s…