As scheduled, a force of airmen and 15 F-22 Raptors from the 90th Fighter Squadron at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, has deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam, as part of the now-normal Pacific Region rotation to support the US Pacific Command theater security package. The 90th FS contingent arrived on Guam Jan. 13. (Photo release by A1C Julian North)
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems Inc. and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems matching $17.7 million contracts for an "Off-Board Sensing Station,” which is an unmanned aircraft that would extend a manned fighter’s sensing range and also potentially carry additional weapons for that aircraft. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts…