We reported earlier that Air Combat Command has regained control of the Air Force’s Combat Search and Rescue forces—the stateside ones—from Air Force Special Operations Command. Check here for a list of the units going back to ACC. ACC also gains mobilized Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command CSAR units.
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…
