The Air Force wants to replace the braking system on about 600 of its heavily used C-130 tactical airlifters, beginning in 2010. The change will improve the number of landings a Hercules can make from 200 with the current system to about 2,000. A1C Steele Britton reports that a team of engineers and technicians from Little Rock AFB, Ark., the Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill AFB, Utah, and Air Mobility Command met recently at Little Rock to discuss the mechanics of testing the new system on 21 Herks at the Arkansas base.
NASA Boss: Race to Moon Has National Security Stakes
Sept. 15, 2026
NASA is pushing hard to get astronauts back to the moon by 2028—and the urgency is driven in no small part by the national security implications of doing so before China does, Administrator Jared Isaacman said Sept. 15.
