It may seem a strange turn of affairs, but the Pentagon imported some 120 Air National Guardsmen and National Guardsmen from Guam to aid hurricane relief operations in Louisiana, according to a local Guam TV station. The Guardsmen were returning this week to the Pacific island after their two-month tour stateside.
The Collaborative Combat Aircraft will be operational in the late 2020s, several years before the Next-Generation Air Dominance family of systems, Air Force officials told the House Armed Services tactical aviation panel. The CCAs will first be “shooters,” then electronic warfare platforms, then sensors, in that order, they added.