Air Combat Command has expanded its ability to provide the full spectrum of adversarial tactics for training scenarios, activating the 57th Information Aggressor Squadron under the 57th Adversary Tactics Group at Nellis AFB, Nev. Among the new unit’s missions will be to “identify vulnerabilities and exploit weaknesses in the command and control infrastructure of a base,” said Lt. Col. Lisa Onaga, 57th ATG deputy commander.
The crash of a T-38 trainer jet this May—which caused a weekslong pause in flights across the fleet—was caused by an improperly installed pin for one of the jet’s horizontal stabilizers, according to a new accident report released Oct. 30. When the pin disengaged midflight, it created the slightest amount…