The Air Force officially has redesignated the host unit—the 36th Air Base Wing—at Andersen AFB, Guam, as the 36th Wing. Officials say that the new designation would better reflect the unit’s role overseeing the now-continuous rotation of fighter, bomber, and tanker forces to the Pacific Air Forces region, as well as permanent assignment of a Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle force.
Top Department of the Air Force leaders told lawmakers on May 7 they need to divest aging aircraft to make room for more advanced systems, setting up a now familiar budget fight on Capitol Hill. “America cannot wait to modernize the Air Force any longer, not one year, one month,…