The newest supercomputer at Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, went into production recently, providing advanced problem-solving capability, principally for DOD research and development and test and evaluation activities. The Falcon system, which is one of four supercomputers within DOD, comprises 2,048 processors. With it, ASC’s Major Shared Resource Center now has computing capability equal to more than 6,900 processors spread across 11 systems.
Multiple U.S. Air Force F-15 fighters have deployed to the strategic outpost of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean to protect the myriad of assets deployed there, including strategic bombers.