According to a report by the News Bulletin, the Air Force has received the last of its planned 454 T-6A Texan II trainers with the one flown in last week by Capt. Matt Wilcoxen and Capt. Nick Woodrow to NAS Pensacola, Fla., home to USAF’s 479th Flying Training Group. The 479th FTG employs T-6As and T-1A Jayhawks to train Combat Systems Officers, now training in new facilities at Pensacola. The unit now has 22 Texans, according to the newspaper.
A provision in the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill will require the Defense Department to include the military occupational specialty of service members who die by suicide in its annual report on suicide deaths, though it remains to be seen how much data the department will actually disclose.