This time the Air Force must modify data link equipment on F-15 fighters to enable them to continue using GBU-15 and AGM-130 weapons now that the Commerce Department has reallocated the spectrum from DOD to commercial users. Lawmakers got concerned earlier this year when they found out about spectrum reallocation issues related to the B-2 bomber. For the F-15s, the Air Force has awarded a Raytheon company $75 million to modify the equipment. Ogden Air Logistics Center in Utah is overseeing the service’s training frequency relocation program.
B-21 Raider First Flight Now Postponed to 2023
May 20, 2022
The Air Force says the B-21 Raider won't make its first flight until 2023; about a six-month delay from the last official estimates. No reason was given for the delay. While other programs have recently chalked up schedule slips to supply chain and labor shortages, the Air Force has said…