A fuel tank problem with a rocket carrying a US Air Force Academy satellite has forced the delay of its launch until at least January, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette. The FaclonSat 2 was poised on Dec. 19 for a second launch attempt aboard Space-X, when high winds and fuel tank issues at the launch site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific scrubbed the launch.
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…