It’s big casino time for the missile defense program, which over the next year will stage four key tests of the pivotal Ground-based Mid-Course Missile Defense system. Two previous tests failed, mostly because of technical glitches. Missile interceptors are already in the ground in Alaska and California and ready to test. A Missile Defense Agency insider told the Huntsville (Ala.) Times that it’s time to “wring out the systems.”
30 Years After Desert Storm: Jan. 27
Jan. 26, 2021
In commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of Operation Desert Storm, Air Force Magazine is posting daily recollections from the six-week war, which expelled Iraq from occupied Kuwait.