US Air Forces in Europe on Oct. 1 plans to open the first Joint and Combined Air Dominance Center of Excellence in the world at RAF Lakenheath, UK. According to the center’s commander, Lt. Col. David Slade, the center will consolidate expertise of existing air-to-air and theater air dominance forces, creating a one-stop warehouse for operational doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedures development.
The Space Development Agency added 21 satellites to its nascent data transport network in an Oct. 15 launch, the second mission in 10-month campaign to field 154 operational spacecraft.
