Looking at the Downside?: The folks in New Mexico may have breathed a sigh of relief when the Air Force announced that it would station a unit of new F-22A Raptors at Holloman AFB, N.M., after it retires the base’s F-117 Nighthawks, however, now the Alamogordo Daily News reports the jubilee may be short-lived. The base may get new fighters, but it will lose personnel. The Daily News notes that Holloman will drop some 321 personnel in the switch from old to new fighter, according to an environmental assessment.
The Air Force is launching an effort to develop a new stand-off missile with a range of 1,000 nautical miles, or 1,150 miles, that would eventually be used for both air-to-air and air-to-surface missions.