All That’s Left is a “One Percent” Problem: Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England told reporters after a Washington conference Monday that he believes the US and Great Britain are “within one percent” of reaching agreement over prickly technology transfer issues with the Joint Strike Fighter. According to Reuters news service, England thinks the two countries can resolve any lingering differences by the middle of June. That is at odds—slightly—with the latest British version, in which talk of back-up plans has emerged should JSF negotiations fail to meet UK expectations.
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.