As war rages between Iran and Iraq, posing a threat to the oil-rich nations of the Persian Gulf, the US Air Force activates a unit in Saudi Arabia-a provisional support squadron at Riyadh Air Base-its first in that country.
In the final few hours before the Senate adjourned for its Memorial Day recess on May 26, lawmakers approved a raft of some 3,400 pending military nominations, including a number of high-profile Air Force and Space Force generals to assignments that will significantly reshape some of the upper echelons of…