Air
Combat Command has sent four B-2 bombers from the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman AFB, Mo., to Andersen AFB, Guam, to assume the next “strategic presence” rotation in the Pacific. The Whiteman aircraft replace Barksdale AFB, La., B-52s, which ended their Guam deployment on a high note. The BUFF aircrews got to drop inert weapons during the rotation’s Koa Lightning exercise over Hawaii. The B-2 force last deployed to Guam in summer 2006.
Celebrating 100 Years of Liquid-Fueled Rockets
March 11, 2026
March 16, 2026, marks 100 years since Dr. Robert H. Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket. Over the past century, new and ever more capable liquid-fueled rockets have literally propelled humanity into space. Why liquid-fueled rockets?