Air Combat Command plays host next week at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., to this year’s iteration of Angel Thunder, the worlds’ largest multinational personnel recovery exercise. It runs April 12-23. In addition to Air Force rescue teams and recovery aircraft, personnel and platforms from across the US military and other federal agencies will participate, as will those of the armed forces of Brazil, Britain, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. (Langley release)
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.