Boeing has delivered to the Air Force the first of 13 new C-17s bound for Dover AFB, Del. The base sent a combined aircrew of active and Reserve airmen to the Boeing production facility at Long Beach, Calif., for the turnover of the aircraft nicknamed the “Spirit of the Constitution.” The active 436th Airlift Wing and Air Force Reserve Command 512th AW will fly the C-17s assigned to Dover. The aircrew plans to fly the airlifter to McGuire AFB, N.J., and from there Air Mobility Command boss Gen. Duncan McNabb will fly it on to Dover on Monday for an arrival ceremony. A Boeing release notes that Dover will receive six more C-17s by year’s end and the remaining aircraft in 2008.
US Space Command Should Always Be Led by a Guardian
Sept. 12, 2026
General Stephen Whiting took command of U.S. Space Command in January 2024, and if customary three-year tenures hold, his tour would end in January 2027. The question now before the President and Senate is who should follow him? Whoever they choose, it has to be a Guardian—and so should every successor…
