Air
Force Special Operations Command expects to get its first operational CV-22 Osprey Nov. 16. The Air Force says that US Special Operations Command chief, Army Gen. Doug Brown, will fly the new tilt-rotor aircraft to its home at Hurlburt Field, Fla. AFSOC plans to procure 50 Osprey by 2017.
The Space Force’s work to establish a pool of at-the-ready commercial satellite capacity during a crisis is moving out of the pilot phase as the service prepares to award its next batch of contracts in 2026.
