Fifteen of the Air Force’s F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighters have returned from South Korea to Holloman AFB, N.M. The fighters and some 300 airmen from the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman were stationed at Kunsan Air Base for the past four months to take part in terrain familiarization exercises as well as tactical proficiency training. The deployment has become an annual rotation for the Holloman force.
The Air Force wants to pump more than $12 billion over the next five years into its new affordable long-range missiles program and recently asked industry to push the flights of some of those munitions beyond 1,200 miles.