Among the many BRAC decisions rendered by the commission last week are: realignment of the undergraduate navigator training at Randolph AFB, Tex., to NAS Pensacola, Fla.; closure of Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland AFB, Tex., with the creation of a new San Antonio Regional Medical Center, to be housed at Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.; merger of facility operations for Ft. Dix and the Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst in New Jersey under a central commander at McGuire AFB, N.J.; and closure of Brooks City-Base, Tex., relocating its Air Force Materiel Command units to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
Hawaii F-22s Wrap Up Deployment to Japan
April 9, 2021
F-22s and Airmen from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, forward deployed to Japan for almost one month to train with Japanese and U.S. Marine Corps aircraft as part of a “dynamic force employment” operation. The Raptors from the Active-duty 19th Fighter Squadron and Air National Guard 199th Fighter Squadron deployed…