With some of it’s A-10 Warthogs already moved to Barksdale AFB, La., the 926th Fighter Wing from Hurricane afflicted NAS JRB New Orleans is speeding up its BRAC-mandated dispersal. The second to last A-10 due for Whiteman AFB, Mo., landed on March 16, delivered to the 442nd Fighter Wing.The last A-10 from New Orleans is due at Whiteman in June when it arrives from depot maintenance at Hill AFB, Utah.
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.