Two months after retiring their last C-141, airmen of Air Force Reserve Command’s 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, took off on their first C-5 mission—flying from Ohio to Ramstein AB, Germany on July 19. Maj. Mike Baker and his crew flew the mammoth airlifter to Dover AFB, Del., where the aircraft was loaded with 35,000 pounds worth of cargo. (Read more here.)
U.S. Northern Command and multiple research organizations just wrapped up a joint, three-year experiment to test new radar technology that could enable the Northern Warning System to detect incoming threats at longer ranges across Alaska and northern Canada.