Air Force World

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TSgt. Leslie D.Williams, 36, of Juneau, Alaska, died due to a noncombat incident in Afghanistan, Jan. 25, the Defense Department announced. Williams, assigned to the 4th Maintenance Group at Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C., was at Bagram Airfield. Williams was interred with full military honors in Juneau Feb. 2. The Air Force will consolidate numbered air forces in Hawaii, Texas, and Germany as part of broader efforts to shed roughly $33 billion in overhead costs to become more efficient, Air Force SecretaryMichael B.Donley said Jan.12. Thirteenth Air Force at JB Pearl Har-bor-Hickam, Hawaii, will be inactivated and combined with the staff of Pacific Air Forces at Hickam, Donley said during an Air Force Association-sponsored event in Arlington, Va.