A B-52 from the 307th Bomb Wing at Barksdale AFB, La., deployed Tuesday to take part in a Slovak air show. The bomber will participate as a static display in the Slovak International Air Fest at Sliac AB, Slovakia, Aug. 27-28, according to US Air Forces in Europe release. A contingent of A-10s deployed to the Central European country that borders Ukraine in July in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve.
NASA, SpaceX, and United Launch Alliance are all preparing to launch their next-gen rockets from Florida’s Space Coast, two of them before the year is out. One is expected to liberate the U.S. launch enterprise from its reliance on Russian-made RD-180 engines, while all three rockets could eventually carry astronaut crews.