The timing and quality of the Raider’s second sortie may be at least as significant for the secretive U.S. Air Force program as the first, if not more.
The surge of military aid to Israel and related movement of air defenses to U.S. bases in the Middle East has meant a peak tasking of American airlift.
A request for information calls for data on sensors that could be used on a platform that would operate from at least 60,000 ft. to “exospheric” altitude.
A U.S. Air Force AC-130J Ghostrider attacked a vehicle with Iranian-backed militia fighters Nov. 21 after the gunship linked them to the launch of a missile.
Boeing has delivered the sixth and final test MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopter to the U.S. Air Force, completing the evaluation phase before a shift to production.
Frank Calvelli, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, spoke at Aviation Week’s A&D Programs conference on Nov. 7.
The USAF is shopping for a new contractor to operate the fleet of Boeing 737-600s that ferries workers from Las Vegas to secretive locations in the region.