Airmen, sailors, and soldiers are working together at Bagram AB, Afghanistan, to keep earthquake relief assistance flowing in to northern Pakistan. Maintainers for both the Air Force’s EC-130 and the Navy’s E-6B have been working with the 82nd Airborne Division to build containerized delivery systems for air drops. The air-water-ground team has assembled 150 containers since the earthquake relief operations started earlier this month, providing an estimated 80,000 pounds of aid in both land and air drops.
The first flight of the secretive B-21 bomber has slipped to mid-2022, but the program is moving along well, Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office director Randall Walden said in an exclusive interview. The second copy of the B-21, which will be used for structural testing, is now on the production…