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.
Lloyd Austin, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Pentagon, spent his Senate confirmation hearing on Jan. 19 pressing his civilian bona fides to lawmakers, with some pledging opposition to the waiver Austin would need to become the nation’s first Black Defense Secretary. Austin spent 40 years in the military…