Reuters news service reported Sunday that the Air Force had delayed arrival of 12 F-22A Raptors at Kadena Air Base on the Japanese island of Okinawa. They were due to arrive over the weekend, following a temporary layover at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. Air Combat Command’s 27th Fighter Squadron at Langley AFB, Va., has deployed the new fighters and some 250 airmen for a three-month deployment as part of a now-routine strike package sent to bolster US Pacific Command forces. There was no word as to when the deployment would continue.
Advancements in commercial space technology could make President Donald Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” missile defense network far more likely to succeed than the failed “Star Wars” strategic umbrella initiative of the 1980s, U.S. Space Command’s top general said May 22....