Air Education and Training Command inactivated its 479th Flying Training Group at Moody AFB, Ga., on Thursday. The group has provided advanced fighter training and undergraduate pilot training at Moody for the past eight years, reports A1C Eric Schloeffel. Per BRAC 2005, AETC is consolidating the unit’s aircraft and other assets at other training bases.
The U.S. supports “a stronger and more capable” European defense, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said during an Oct. 22 press conference in Brussels—but that defense should not duplicate the functions and capabilities of the NATO alliance.