Colonels and lieutenant colonels who would rather retire on their own than face the upcoming Selective Early Retirement Board need to get cracking. The Air Force Personnel Center says it needs retirement papers by Dec. 15. The SERB, which meets Jan. 8, is one of the force-shaping tools USAF is employing to shave 40,000 personnel from its ranks over the next three years. As of Nov. 27—the most current data—the Air Force has identified some 730 SERB -eligible officers. A USAF spokesman told Daily Report Monday that the service expects to “SERB” about 200 officers.
F-15s, F-16s, C-130s Deploy for Exercise in Poland
April 19, 2021
USAF F-15s, F-16s, and C-130s are training in Poland in an agile combat employment exercise that comes as Russia has executed a massive buildup on the border with neighboring Ukraine, though U.S. officials say the exercise was long-planned. F-15Es from the 492nd Fighter Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, England; F-16s from…