The Alaska Air National Guard’s 168th Air Refueling Wing will host a KC-135 nose art unveiling this Friday (June 20) at the wing’s maintenance hangar on the grounds of Eielson Air Force Base. The new nose art will feature the seals of the City of Fairbanks and the City of North Pole to honor these two communities, which are home to the vast majority of the wing’s personnel, the wing said in a June 16 statement. The mayors of both cities will be on hand for the unveiling.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. had hardly left the Indo-Pacific theater before China flew a joint bomber and fighter mission with U.S. partner Thailand. In nearby Indonesia, the U.S. concluded exercise Garuda Shield alongside Australia, Japan, and Singapore. At each stop, Brown held an all-call…