Two Air National Guard civil engineers came, saw, and conquered power problems at the Southeast Texas Regional Airport in Nederland, Tex. When SMSgt. Michelle Milliard and SSgt. Al Martinez of the 147th Civil Engineer Flight, Ellington Field, Tex., surveyed the airport, with trees and debris covering the field, they were told the most critical problems were an out-of-commission generator and downed power lines. Martinez had the generator fixed in five minutes. The airmen hooked up other, loaner generators, restoring airfield lighting, a range navigation system, the instrument landing system, and power to the fuel farm.
In a show force over the Pacific, the U.S. conducted separate bilateral exercises with South Korea and Japan in response to North Korea’s May 24 ballistic missile test. The North’s test reportedly included an intercontinental ballistic missile, launched while President Joe Biden flew home from the region. Also on May…