About 200 airmen and seven F-16s are returning to Colorado from a month-long deployment to Hungary for training and to support Operation Atlantic Resolve. The airmen and aircraft, assigned to the 140th Wing of the Colorado Air National Guard stationed at Buckley AFB, Colo., deployed to Europe for the first time in more than 20 years, according to an Air National Guard release. The deployment included close air support training with the Hungarian and Slovenian militaries, along with air-to-air training with Hungarian Gripen aircraft and other aircraft from Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Slovenia, the release states.
Skyborg Makes First Flight Aboard Kratos Mako
May 5, 2021
The Skyborg software and hardware suite allowing unmanned aircraft to team with crewed ones flew for the first time April 29, the Air Force said, launching a series of experiments meant to prove the safety and effectiveness of the approach.