Shaw Now Has Second Flight Recorder: The Navy is turning over to the Air Force a second flight recorder from the F-16 that crashed into the ocean on April 5 during a training mission off the South Carolina coast, according to the Sumter (S.C.) Item. Crews from the USS Grapple recovered the fighter’s ejection seat, which contains the recorder, Lt. Bryan Cox, spokesman for Shaw AFB, S.C., told the paper.
The U.S. military is maintaining a beefed-up presence in the Middle East, including fighters and air defense assets, following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities June 22 and subsequent retaliation by the Iranians against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
