Put a neurosurgical team in Afghanistan and it will get civilian referrals. Egyptian doctors referred an 8-month-old Afghan girl to the newly deployed neurosurgical team at the Air Force-led Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram AB, Afghanistan. The neurosurgeon, Lt. Col. Randall McCafferty, performed two surgeries to remove a cyst on the child’s brain, correcting a congenital brain abnormality that could have proved fatal. (Report by 1st Lt. Clinton Nawrocki.)
The rate of building B-21 bombers would speed up if the fiscal 2026 defense budget passes. But it remains unclear how much capacity would be added, and whether the Air Force would simply build the bombers faster, or buy more.