The Air Force announces that its personnel strength has dipped below 400,000 for the first time since 1948. USAF’s postwar strength peaked at 977,593.
In a show force over the Pacific, the U.S. conducted separate bilateral exercises with South Korea and Japan in response to North Korea’s May 24 ballistic missile test. The North’s test reportedly included an intercontinental ballistic missile, launched while President Joe Biden flew home from the region. Also on May…