US Air Forces in Europe airmen are in the Darfur region of the Sudan to provide logistics support for members of the Rwandan Defense Forces. USAFE has provided the airmen and contracted for airlift transport for some 1,200 RDF troops on an African Union mission in Darfur. During earlier missions, USAFE airmen used contract airlift and C-130s to transport 2,500 Rwandan troops and more than 150,000 pounds of equipment and supplies.
On Oct. 22, the Air Force Association's Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies will host a Nuclear Deterrence Forum featuring Henry Sokolski, executive director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. The think tank will post event video on its website and YouTube page after the live event. Register here.