The Air Force has decided that Jan. 1, 2007, will be the date when enlisted airmen must make the switch back to wearing US insignia with circle. The service announced earlier this month that it planned to make this change, which officials call a return to enlisted heritage. The Air Force also plans to eliminate the option for senior noncommissioned officers to wear their rank on shoulder boards, beginning Oct. 1, 2006.
The Air National Guard is moving ahead with its plans to base new C-130Js at four bases in Kentucky, West Virginia, Texas, and Georgia, after an election-year controversy in which the Air Force was blasted for the timing of its preferred location announcement. The Air Force announced in November it…