A USAF Predator, a B-52, and several A-10s flew air support missions for coalition troops in the vicinity of Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Tuesday, said the Air Force. The B-52 dropped four precision-guided JDAMS against enemy targets in the area.
The Space Development Agency added 21 satellites to its nascent data transport network in an Oct. 15 launch, the second mission in a 10-month campaign to field 154 operational spacecraft.