Air Force world

Some of the news in and around the US Air Force are discussed. President Obama on May 5 nominated Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. to replace Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva to replace Adm. James A. 'Sandy' Winnefeld Jr. as vice chairman. US Pacific Command continued to support Nepal in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, even as a second powerful tremor struck the country May 11. The May 7.3-magnitude earthquake followed the 7.8-magnitude quake on April 25 that took the lives of some 8,000 people and injured thousands more in the Asian nation. Grissom ARB, Ind.; Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.; Tinker AFB, Oklahoma and Westover ARB,, are the candidates to be the first Air Force Reserve Command-led KC-46A main operating location, announced Air Force officials. Eielson AFB, Alaska, will retain the 18th Aggressor Squadron and the unit's 18 F-16s that play the role of mock adversaries in air-to-air combat training exercises, announced Air Force officials. Raytheon, Air Force, and Navy testers recently completed operational test and evaluation of the latest Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile variant, paving the way for its initial operational capability, the company announced.