A USAF Predator, a B-52, and several A-10s flew air support missions for coalition troops in the vicinity of Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Tuesday, said the Air Force. The B-52 dropped four precision-guided JDAMS against enemy targets in the area.
A record investment in research and development by the Department of the Air Force will help the United States win the long-term technology race with China, even while shrinking the fleet size before a possible mid-decade Taiwan contingency, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said May 17. “With the Air Force,…