Colorado elected officials want to know what the Air Force can do to mitigate the fact that most of the state’s Army National Guard helicopters—ones used in fighting wildfires—are being deployed to Southwest Asia. (Read a Denver Post editorial and Rocky Mountain News report.) According to the News, Sen. Ken Salazar has sent a letter to Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne asking just how quickly Colorado could expect Air Force Reserve Command to dispatch its firefighting C-130s.
Advancements in commercial space technology could make President Donald Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” missile defense network far more likely to succeed than the failed “Star Wars” strategic umbrella initiative of the 1980s, U.S. Space Command’s top general said May 22....