Flying from Andersen AFB, Guam, to Alaska as one of two B-2 bombers on a global power sortie, one B-2 got new orders in the air, directing it to new target coordinates in Hawaii. It was the first such electronic re-tasking in mid-mission for the B-2s on these 20-hour-long global power missions. Each of the bombers struck their targets, one in Alaska and one in Hawaii. “This tasking demonstrates how flexible our airmen and aircraft are,” said Col. Damian McCarthy, 36th Operations Group commander at Andersen. (Andersen report by TSgt. Steven Wilson)
In his first professional move since retiring from the Space Force at the end of August, former Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman will lead the board of advisors for Voyager Technologies, the firm announced Nov. 2.