USAFE facing multiple challenges With aging aircraft, fewer airmen, it's boosting operations in Africa, Eastern Europe

When the command reaches full operating capacity Oct. 1, USAFE will likely be tasked with most of the continent's airlift missions, according to Lt. Gen. Robert D. Bishop Jr., commander of 3rd Air Force, the air arm of U.S. European Command.

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