Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz, vice commander of Air Force Space Command, received the Thomas D. White Space Trophy during AFA’s National Space Symposium in Los Angeles last week. The National Geographic Society sponsored the trophy, which is named after the fourth Air Force Chief of Staff, from 1961 to 1996, when sponsorship transferred to AFA’s Gen. B.A. Schriever-Los Angeles Chapter. The actual trophy resides at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
The Air Force conducted its first successful test of the Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, on May 14, snapping a streak of three consecutive failed tests and giving the beleaguered hypersonics program a much needed boost. Off the coast of Southern California, the AGM-183A ARRW separated from the wing…