Governor Jodi Rell vowed Friday to pursue legal remedies. She said in a written statement that, as commander in chief of the state’s National Guard, she had not approved movement of the unit. Rell maintained, “I have not done that and I will not do that—period.”
The Air Force plans to add external weapons pylons on the B-1B bomber, both to increase the number of aircraft that can test hypersonic missiles and expand the Lancer’s loadout as USAF transitions to the B-21 bomber.