The Air Force has named US Air Forces in Europe’s 39th Security Forces Squadron at Incirlik AB, Turkey, the best Large Security Forces Squadron for 2006. It is quite an honor for a unit that has “more younger members than any other” he’s been assigned to, says Maj. Bryan Gillespie, unit commander. He told journalist Lori Burling Alves at Incirlik, “This goes to show you it’s not how much you know or how much experience you have, it’s what you do with it.” Over the past year, the Incirlik force has implemented new training and tactics, evaluated long-time vulnerabilities, and developed the base’s first joint security plan with the Turkish Air Force.
A Defense Department team is on the ground in Ukraine assessing what the country needs to protect itself from air, naval, electronic, and cyber warfare threats as Russian troops gather on multiple fronts, a senior Ukrainian defense official told Air Force Magazine, describing an emphasis on what assistance can be…