The hurricane in New Orleans did nothing to dampen the wildfire raging in Idaho, so on Sunday Air Force Reserve Command’s 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson AFB, Colo., sent two C-130s and crews to help battle the Idaho blaze.
The use of a military counter-drone laser on the southwest border this week—which prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to abruptly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas—will be a “case study” on the complex web of authorities needed to employ such weapons near civilian areas and the consequences of agencies…

