USAF receives the first new-build MC-130J Combat Shadow II (renamed Commando II on March 9, 2012), now part of the 27th SOW at Cannon AFB, N.M.
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…