USAF F-16s provided CAS for coalition troops under fire near Al Qaim, Iraq, on Thursday. The F-16s responded to a call, striking enemy forces with two GBU-12s.
The Air Force’s nascent KC-Z program, aimed at developing a next-generation family of systems for aerial refueling, will look to launch its analysis-of-alternatives study in 2024, years earlier than originally planned. Originally, the analysis of alternatives for KC-Z was set for “maybe in the 2030s,” Paul Waugh, program executive officer…