Fifteen of the Air Force’s F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighters have returned from South Korea to Holloman AFB, N.M. The fighters and some 300 airmen from the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman were stationed at Kunsan Air Base for the past four months to take part in terrain familiarization exercises as well as tactical proficiency training. The deployment has become an annual rotation for the Holloman force.
With a new policy in hand, the Air Force’s Foreign Military Sales enterprise is looking to go beyond selling USAF systems to allies and partner nations—and instead help them develop their own capabilities. Such an approach, deemed “non-program of record acquisitions,” is part of a larger shift in FMS toward…