The New Jersey Air National Guard’s 177th Fighter Wing has just opened a new $13 million alert facility, reports the Asbury Park Press. The facility includes three aircraft shelters to keep the wing’s F-16s readily available, but out of the weather,for the unit’s air defense mission.
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.