The Air Force officially announced that Gen. John Jumper’s retirement ceremony will take place on Sept. 2 at Andrews AFB, Md. The Chief of Staff will cede USAF’s top uniformed spot to Gen. T. Michael Moseley, currently the Vice Chief.
RTX’s Raytheon unit was able to “significantly” extend the range of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile using mostly software changes in experimental tests last year, expanding the reach and lethality of the standard U.S. dogfighting weapon, company officials said Sept. 15.