US Central Command said Thursday that an airman assigned to the 447th Air Expeditionary Group was killed and another airman was wounded when an improvised explosive device blew up during safing operations near Baghdad, Iraq, on March 29. The Pentagon has identified the airman who was killed as TSgt. Walter M. Moss Jr., 37, of Houston. Moss was deployed to Iraq from the 366th Civil Engineer Squadron, Mountain Home, Idaho.
Northrop Grumman is deep into testing two upgrades for the F-16 as the Air Force looks to keep the fourth-generation fighter ready for the future fight, company officials told reporters this week.